The Sylvan and the Sand

<p class=ql-align-center><strong>Marry your enemy. Dare to survive.</strong></p><p> </p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>Disappear into this scintillating tale of mortal enemies forced into a perilous passionate marriage.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong> </strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Yesenia Warwick artfully dodges her father's talks of marriage set on proving she is just as capable as her brothers. Her three loves-kin homeland and independence-are all she needs.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Corin Quinlanden suffers under the cruel contempt of his ruthless father and brother as they scheme and plot from their castle in the trees. He's given up wishing for happiness. A strategic marriage far from home is as high as he dare dream.</strong></p><p> </p><p>But the king of this realm has his own plan.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Everything the gilded Quinlandens have earned was stolen from the Warwicks. So when all the leaders of the realm are summoned to a celebration with the king both houses approach this fete balancing on a sharp blade's edge.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>But the king's celebration quickly turns to horror. The lords and ladies can only watch helpless as the devious king masterminds a series of marriages between their children spinning the kingdom into chaos.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Brash fearless Yesenia Warwick is now the unwilling bride of tender-hearted Corin Quinlanden. Neither her silver-tongued wit nor her unmatched skill with daggers can erase what has been done.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>The choice ahead of her is simple but impossible.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Embrace her dangerous new life in the den of her enemy or send the kingdom to war.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>__</p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>The Book of All Things is a series of standalone fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant epic world first introduced by <em>USA Today</em> Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </strong></p><p><strong><em>The</em> <em>Sylvan and the Sand</em> is the first story in the Southerlands Cycle of The Book of All Things.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </strong></p><p><strong><u>The Southerlands Cycle:</u></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Arranged marriages enemies to lovers and salt & sand redemption in the Southern Reach (medium low heat)</strong></p><p><em>The Sylvan and the Sand</em></p><p><em>The Flame and the Forsaken</em></p><p><em>And more</em></p>