Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart. Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she’s known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light. Maddox is cursed to die every night (murdered by his friends. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty.

Oh, I can’t believe I also forgot Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld series. Radiance (Wraith Kings 1) by Grace Draven
THE PRINCE OF NO VALUE

Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over.

I never quite got through the second book, but I loved the first one so much I’ve reread it several times. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn’t just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. It’s fantasy, and he’s kidnapped / tortured at the end. Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined. Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. Radiance by Grace Draven 4.02 53,834 Ratings 6,040 Reviews published 2015 10 editions The Prince of no value Brishen Khaskem, prince of t Want to Read Rate it: Book 1.5 Night Tide by Grace Draven 3. Here is the Radiance - Wraith Kings - Book 1 book by Grace Draven.

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