King's Bride (Chronicles of Urn #1)

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's the God of Death. She's the bride sent to kill him. Their union may be the end of them both.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Everfrost is ruled by the King in his castle of ice. Some call him the Ice Phoenix others the God of Death. The clans survive by one law alone: pay the King the homage he is due and </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>never</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> take what belongs to him. But when Sunn��va Morkh��n's brother falls gravely ill she will have to do exactly that.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Against every warning she sneaks into the castle to steal the one thing that would save him-a magical rose. But you don't steal from the King and live to tell the tale. When the Ice Phoenix discovers her theft and demands payment the cost is too steep. Mourning and enraged she challenges him only to lose. To spare her clan from the King's wrath her father offers her as a bride and for a reason she cannot fathom the King agrees.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Revenge is a delicate game Sunn��va is determined to play even if killing the God of Death is no easy feat. But as secrets unfold around the alluring King and dark threats emerge from the shadows Sunn��va struggles to hold on to her hatred-and her heart.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Inspired by <em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Beauty and the Beast</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>King's Bride</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is the first book in Beck Michaels' companion prequel series the </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Chronicles of Urn-</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>dark fables founded in forbidden love and strong-willed women who bring kings to their knees.</span></p>