TheOtherNoble

“You are the least objectionable groom of all the ones I’ve seen,” Anaisa replied seriously. 

“Thank you for the glowing compliment,” Trace grinned, “but that didn’t quite answer my question.” 
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Anaisa is an orphan and a pariah. In an ultimate act of betrayal, her father, a Count of the Realm, is accused of deserting and betraying the army in a time of war. Not only is he immediately executed for the offense, but the king declares he must have been a fake all along! His two daughters are stripped of their titles and inheritance, replaced by a distant cousin and cast out of their home with nothing. Anaisa swears someday she will get her title and lands back, but in the mean time, she and her sister Katia have to figure out how to survive. 

Trace is an anomaly among his people; instead of revealing their son as a magic user and thrusting him into the public eye, his parents kept it a secret to allow him to choose the kind of life he wanted. Trace found himself content to rest and play in his own dream world instead of invading the nighttime visions of others.

As an adult, his choice to remain unknown is thrown into jeopardy when a mysterious blackmailer forces Trace to enlist in the territorial war between nations, threatening to reveal his secret if the demand is not met. With the war now over, Trace believes he can finally go home to his farm and live the simple, unremarkable life he’s always desired. 

When Anaisa and Trace are thrown together by a royal edict, the sisters find themselves unwittingly tangled in the web of mystery and intrigue that surrounds the blackmailer’s escalating assignments for Trace. Anaisa begins to suspect it may be connected to the plot to replace her family in the noble court. As the scheme continues to unfold, lives, loves, marriages, and magic will be put to the test to see what forces in the world are strongest.

Dreamwalker's Bride

Mia's bravado faded as she steeled herself to take whatever verbal barrage Ford would throw at her after her little speech.

She could see his point. She'd told him not that long ago that he could be honest, and then complained about his sarcasm… but sarcasm wasn't honesty!

Still, if Mia had assured him that he could be himself, and now she complained about it just because he implied she liked to talk too much, that was hypocritical. She should apologize.

And yet, the look on Ford's face made her tilt her chin up. She wouldn't back down now. She wasn't meek, wouldn't be trodden over! Blast it, she was a kind friend, and a good one, and her friendship was to be valued, not denigrated!

She waited quietly, but inwardly she composed a valiant defense for herself. Extolling her virtues, her value, and why she deserved to be treated with a modicum of respect, perhaps even deference!

There it is