Having been engaged in a mission that went wrong, Ryam has lost some of his easy self-confidence and questions everything around him. While he travels home, he is on the run, an outcast, and in danger. Ryam is somewhat broken as the story begins. Instead, she is honorable and a fighter, believing in her obligation to help her family and warn her father. Having trained with her brothers, she does not fit into what society expects from her. Ailey keeps her identity a secret, which complicates things in this story.Īiley is determined and, at times, very fierce. The characters are delightful together as they are clearly attracted to one another, but their differing status keeps them apart. OPINION: This story has adventure and a really sweet romance. A swordsman, Ryam is convinced by Ai Li, who is in disguise, to help escort her home, even in danger to himself. Ryam is a blue-eyed foreigner who is trying to return to his home base and avoid capture. Fleeing from the anticipated marriage, Ai Li depends upon her butterfly swords to protect herself and finds a protector in Ryam. On the way to meet him, she has learned that the man she is arranged to marry, province military governor Li Tao, is a traitor. THE STORY: Princess Ai Li flees the man she is supposed to marry. Set in the Tang Dynasty, this is the story of two people who have no business being together and fighting the whole world and themselves to be together.
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