The edge of his weapon broke through her guard.She stepped back, knowing it was too late. Most practitioners weren’t comfortable there, but Shen Leung found her rhythm and flowed with her. Boldly she ventured closer to where his longer blade would be less effective. He grinned and pushed her further until she had to fight for balance.

It comes at the end of the hero and heroine’s sword fight: Neither Mei Lin nor I have ever felt particularly pretty, either. Like Mei Lin, I have the same problem with my hair never staying out of my face. Stay tuned tomorrow as I’ll have a free copy available! This is the sort of romance that has crossover appeal (potentially) to both sexes, to readers of straightforward history and to the fantasy crowd who tend to love history. Make no mistake, this is not your mother’s Harlequin. I won’t tell you how, but I can tell you a border guard’s love and desire for an imperial princess is satisfied in a realistic, but unsappy fashion.

Since this is a romance, you know you get a happy ever after. The actions he takes at that point moved me and fulfilled what I want from a book. After he concludes that he can’t, the villain captures Ailey.Īfter a book’s length of errors, our hero decides to stand up for himself and what he wants. The plot does move a little slowly as the hero debates whether he can have the life he wants with Ailey. Not that I minded I was simply surprised. Her father requires her to marry Tao anyway and for some reason, the book’s path from then on took me to unexpected places. With the hero’s help, Ailey meets with her father and discovers that he’s aware of the General’s political ambitions. The heroine’s first goal is to return to her family and reveal the treachery of her fiance, the treacherous General Tao. The book had one surprising moment for me.

Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin