The Bride They Called a Disgrace
by Nora Halstead
Chapters 1–7 free
Synopsis
Karolina has been the disgrace of House Sanchez since birth: no magic, no talent, and a sister who blames her for their mother's death. When a diplomatic insult threatens the kingdom, the king asks her for the only thing she can give: her hand, sent across the border to the prince feared as a man devoid of blood and tears. She leaves without protest, expecting cruelty. What she finds is a man who opens the carriage window when she feels ill. Then bandits come, and a prayer she had no right to make is answered in green light.