Wedding of the Torn Rose

<p>She ran from an arranged marriage to a foreign prince. He ran from a past he'd rather ignore. Together they're running out of time.</p><p>Kaine a down-on-his-luck merchant scraping by in the Darian Kingdom never expected to save a princess from a monster straight out of fantasy. But when he rescues the runaway Princess Lydia he's thrust into a world of courtly intrigue and hidden dangers far deadlier than the beast in the woods.</p><p>Lydia's father has betrothed her to a foreign prince-a desperate alliance to secure power now that magic has entered the world. Yet Lydia carries secrets of her own: the darkest truths of those around her and a dread certainty about what waits beyond the altar.</p><p>As time marches toward the ceremony Kaine must confront his own broken past while unraveling a conspiracy that could ignite a war between their kingdoms. Some sacrifices are meant to be hidden. Some lies are meant to protect. And some roses bloom only when torn apart.</p><p>When duty clashes with honor and trust is the most dangerous magic of all Kaine faces an impossible choice: stand by as a princess marches toward danger or risk everything to expose truths that could change everything.</p><p><i>Wedding of the Torn Rose</i> is a gripping tale of magic the crushing burden of secrets and the fragile line between peace and conflict-where the cost of survival may be too much to bear.</p><p>Will Kaine save Lydia in time? Or is her wedding only the beginning of the end?</p>