Radiance

Brishen Khaskem is the younger prince of the Kai, and he has never minded being the spare. The throne is secured many times over, so little is asked of him.

Then a treaty between the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis and the human kingdom of Gaur demands a marriage. Brishen, a dutiful son, agrees to take a Gauri bride, and finds her ugly as he expected and lovelier than he imagined.

The bride is Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king. She has always understood that the royal family values her only for a useful match. She accepts that, until she learns her husband is a prince of a people who are neither familiar nor human.

The book is a fantasy romance built on an arranged marriage between strangers from two peoples. Ildiko must leave everything she knows to live beside a man who comes from darkness yet carries light in him.

Outside the marriage, powers in a hostile kingdom scheme to tear the couple apart, and the treaty rests on whether they hold together.