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Grace Draven
Grace Draven writes fantasy romance. Her stories often feature strong characters and magical settings. Among her notable works is the novel Entreat Me.
Radiance
Synopsis
~THE PRINCE OF NO VALUE~Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined.~THE NOBLEWOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE~Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn't just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she's known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light.Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart.
Genres
Characters
Brishen KhaskemProtagonist
The younger, nonessential prince of the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis, sent into an arranged marriage with a human noblewoman to seal a treaty between their two kingdoms.
IldikoProtagonist
A human noblewoman, niece to the Gauri king, married off to a Kai prince to cement a political alliance between two very different peoples.
AnhusetSupporting
Brishen's cousin, a Kai noblewoman who appears throughout the story as the couple's marriage and friendship develop.
KirgipaSupporting
One of the Kai attendants who travels with Brishen and Ildiko, present for much of the couple's early married life together.
Serovek PangionSupporting
A Beladine margrave and friend to Brishen, a human nobleman who moves easily between the human and Kai courts.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to read anything before Radiance?
No. Radiance is the first book in Grace Draven's Wraith Kings series, so it's the right place to start.
Does Radiance end on a cliffhanger?
No. Brishen and Ildiko's romance reaches a full happy ending within this book. The wider political conflict between their two kingdoms is left open and continues in the sequel, Eidolon, but the central relationship is resolved here.