A Prince of the Blood

A king inclined contrary to nature.A foreign-born queen confined to the palace.A kingdom desperately needing an heir.Two courtiers ask Keladon retired battlemage and the kings bastard half-brother to impregnate the queen. His sense of duty to the kingdom sends him to her bedchamber where he finds Queen Lilera to be a woman of both beauty and intellect deserving a far better fate.But secretly fathering the heir to the throne is just the beginning. Under attack from all sides Keladon must battle a conspiracy of magic and murder threatening the kingdoms survival -- and the woman he comes to love.