River Meets the Sun

<h4><strong><em>A love forbidden. An oath forsaken. The legend...forevermore.</em></strong></h4><p></p><p></p><p>They call me <strong>Anini</strong> the Jewel of Hamtic. A daughter of the river a promise of the kingdom.</p><p></p><p>All my life I have been told that peace demands obedience that love is a luxury for lesser hearts. But when my father the Datu of Tinigbasan forges a truce sealed by blood and duty he sends me a shield instead of a suitor-a man of few words and impossible eyes a warrior who wields the sun.</p><p></p><p>From the moment he kneels before me the world is never the same again.</p><p></p><p></p><p>They call me <strong>Nogas</strong> a warrior of Kalisidlan. I was born of stone and silence. A weapon a servant nothing more.</p><p></p><p>But when I am sent to guard the princess of Tinigbasan I learned that devotion can wound deeper than any blade. She is everything I was told not to want-but the first touch of her voice feels like sunlight breaking through a mountain.</p><p></p><p>I swore to protect her. I never meant to love her.</p><p></p><p></p><h5><em>Our hearts were never meant to meet but the river and the sun do no ask permission to change the world. They burn everything to forge something new.</em></h5><p></p><p></p><h6><em>Inspired by the fables of the province of Antique author Shirley Siaton-Parabia collaborates with her husband Anini-y native Peter Parabia to bring to life one of the greatest love stories of Philippine mythology. Recommended for readers 13 years old and above.</em></h6><p></p>