BLURB
A traitor. A future king. A doomed love
story.
Merry Stern has never been a spy, but when
she’s offered asylum in exchange for her help uncovering
remaining rebel bands, she accepts in hopes
of freeing her father. Working with the royals is no easy
feat, as Prince Gregory Hamilton considers
her untrustworthy and duplicitous. As she and the prince
navigate their uncomfortable relationship,
Merry is introduced to questions she did not know she
possessed; questions of light and darkness,
good and evil.
Princess Roanna is finally engaged to
Prince Benjamin of Lox, only the marriage seems stalled and she
cannot determine at whose hand. The Dawsons
won’t let her out of their sight, Chester’s Wake is
focusing all efforts on finding their lost
princess, and Lox refuses to acknowledge her position entirely.
Truth and lies are brought to light as
those who seek to control and destroy are finally uncovered in The
Rebel Princess.
EXCEPRT
Chapter 1
A thick, red blood droplet hit Roanna’s
hand. Then another. And another. A moment
later, a warm trickle reached her upper
lip. She blew out a frustrated breath and reached for a
handkerchief. “I can’t do anymore today.”
She turned to Roland Dawson, her uncle and the
brother of the king of Dawson’s Edge. She
moved the conversation to her mind. It’s too much.
I’m not strong enough yet. She wiped the
blood from her face, thankful she had pinned back her
dark locks that now reached well past her
shoulders. She wore simple clothes when training with
Roland in the palace gardens—a full,
knee-length, cotton skirt with a blouse and a vest. She had
learned that, at times, she wasn’t quick
enough to stop the nose bleeds, and she had ruined more
than one gown. Today, Roland was trying to
teach her to search out others with her mind and
identify those with whom she could
speak—namely, those who also had the power to
communicate via thought.
While she had adjusted to the idea of
having powers, or anomalies, as they were called
back home in Chester’s Wake, she had not
yet mastered her skills.
Roland sighed. “The ability is there. You
simply haven’t unlocked it yet.”
Easy for him to say. His ability was small,
at least compared to hers. He didn’t
understand the pressure that built in her
head when she concentrated so hard, when so much
power rushed through her.
The Rebel Princess picks up where
The Rejected Princess left off. Which is a good thing because I was really
wondering what had happened. After all Roanna had discovered she wasn't who she
thought she was and needed a happy ending, which should be book two, right? But
of course Katie Clark wasn't going to let them off the hook that easily, and
being a fan of her writing I'd expect nothing less.
Within the first few pages we're
tossed right back into the enchanting world of Chester's Wake, Dawson's Edge
and Lox, with all the court intrigue and tense situations that comes with it.
I'm not giving anything away, but expect the unexpected and don't miss this one
as it answers those cliff hanging questions from book one.
AUTHOR BIO
KATIE CLARK started reading fantastical
stories in grade school and her love for books
never died. Today she reads in all genres;
her only requirement is an awesome story! She writes
young adult speculative fiction, including
her romantic fantasy novel, The Rejected Princess, her
Beguiled Series, and her dystopian Enslaved
Series. You can connect with her at her website, or
on social media @KatieClarkBooks.
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