The Lady or the Lion: Volume 1 (The Marghazar Trials)

He sunk his teeth into her heart and she let him.As crown princess of Marghazar Durkhanai Miangul will do anything to protect her people and her land. When her grandfather the Badshah is blamed for a deadly assault on the summit of neighboring leaders the tribes call for his head. To assuage cries for war the Badshah opens Marghazars gates to foreigners for the first time in centuries in a sign of good faith. His family has three months to prove their innocence or they will all have war.As Durkhanai races to solve who really orchestrated the attack ambassadors from the neighboring tribal districts arrive at court each with their own intentions for negotiations each with their own plans for advantage. When a mysterious illness spreads through the villages and the imperialists push hard on her borders Durkhanai must dig deep to become more than just a beloved princess―she must become a queen.To distract Durkhanai from it all is Asfandyar Afridi the wry ambassador who tells her outright he is a spy yet acts as though he is her friend―or maybe even something more.