Description
Young Lady Rose Esthelar, the beautiful mistress of Morecliff Manor since the death of her mother, the beloved daughter of a dear father, the dear sister of a pair of rough-and-tumble brothers, and now future bride of King Henry. Morecliff has never been anything but home to her, and she intended to stay there for years to come, but everything has changed with the delivery of one letter that seals her fate and changes her destiny. The king needs a bride, and she has been chosen. She must leave everything she's ever known to travel alone to Listar Castle to live for years without the comfort of her family before marrying a sickly boy, all at the order of Regent Errol. At first she is too sad at the thought of leaving her loved ones to care about the new life that awaits her, but, with time, she grows accustomed to her position and the king's intended, and with this comfort, a new, bolder side of her is revealed. She learns to see beyond the surface image into the brokenness of the palace life and the the injustices the people of Farinlan must face, and then there's devilishly handsome Regent Errol who lives his life at a distance from the people and country he temporarily governs, so the temptation to take the throne, that will never be his, can never have a chance to take root in his heart, but can he resist the fair allurement of Lady Rose? A bride never meant to be his, a woman he betrothed to his nephew? ************************************************************************************** This is a fantasy story with the backdrop of medieval England.
Chapter 1 - Betrothed to the King
