Kati Wilde

Some might call Princess Anja of Ivermere brave for offering herself up as a bride to Kael the Conqueror, a barbarian warlord who'd won his crown by the bloodied edge of his sword. It was not courage that drove Anja from her magic-wielding family's enchanted palace, however, but a desperate attempt to secure a kingdom of her own-even if she has to kill the Conqueror to do it. She expects pain beneath his brutal touch as she awaits her chance. She expects death if he discovers the truth of her intentions. She didn't expect Kael to reject her and send her back to Ivermere. Raised in the ashes of the Dead Lands, Kael fears nothing-certainly not the beautiful sorceress who arrives at his mountain stronghold. But no matter how painful his need for her, Kael has no use for a bride who would only tolerate his kiss. Yet the more of Anja's secrets he uncovers during their journey to return her home, the more determined he becomes to win the princess's wary heart. And Kael the Conqueror has never been defeated... This print edition also includes BEAUTY IN SPRING by Kati Wilde.

A Fantasy Romance

The Midwinter Mail-Order Bride

Lover of Romance 

This is a book that has recently become wildly popular so I have been very interested in trying this one out here. Its available in KU, so I knew that I had to try this one out. I absolutely adored this one one although I do think its overhyped. Its a novella, and has minimal depth to the story. It does have a historical fantasy/epic fantasy feel to the story. If you love barbarians and arranged marriages, then this book might be for you. I would recommend going into this one with lower expectations. As I enjoyed it, I am not sure if its worthy of all the five star ratings. It was a fun enjoyable adventure, but not to the range of what is impacting readers, at least not from my personal perspective. Novella's rarely work for me to delivering a satisyfing story. I did enjoy this story as a whole, and it defintiely had its fun moments that really ended up working out so well. But at the same time, I do feel like it needed much more length to it and it would have been more developed of a story. 

Overall I found myself highly entertained with this one, but its also not one that will work for everyone especially if you are a fantasy romance reader. A solid 3.5 blossoms to go on an adventure with.

Anyaconda

Jo H

This fantasy romance was raved about by one of the booktubers I watch and was intriguing enough to make me pick it up, and boy was I surprised by how much I liked it!

The H is a typical alpha-grump, the h a typical alpha-woman with something to prove (the reason for which I figured out very early on) and despite some eye-rolling over the (big sigh!) lack of communication that starts early on and a few other cliches, it was just so much fun. And despite much talk throughout about how hard his cock was, the sex didn't actually happen until way past the 50% mark.

Oh, and they got to fight a monster - a spider monster!

Am definitely going to pick up the rest of the series now!

The Midwinter Mail-Order Bride A Fantasy Romance

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