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After agreeing to Aristide's proposal, Melphiera travels to Galbraith before winter settles in Marchalrayd, but they stop to stay at Fort Ritterd, where Melphiera is excited about the opportunity to supplement the knights' porridge with a healthy dose of monsters. Soon, Melphiera discovers that Aristide is hiding a big secret and a connection with her late mother. Melphiera and Aristide go hunting together, and Aristide gets jealous.

Melphiera tries to keep Aristide from going blood mad while he battles monsters to bring peace to the kingdom. Could the solution to the land's monster problem be eating them?.

Melphiera seeks to win the approval of the female knights of Galbraith with her culinary skills.

The gourmet princess Melphiera joined Galbraith little knowing she would have to give a dinner speech to all in Middlaeg Fortress and must make a good first impression--even after being thrown for a loop by the monstrous cuisine. Then, an intimidating figure interrupts the feast and gives Melphiera a test over which monsters even she cannot eat or drink.

In this retelling of the fairy tale 'Sleeping Beauty,' Princess Elyce escapes unscrupulous King Conrad by taking a sleeping potion, and after Sir Gerard wakes her with a kiss they begin their journey to Prague in the dead of winter.

In medieval England, nineteen-year-old Audrey, the daughter of English nobility and facially scarred by her abusive, mentally ill sister, seeks God's protection when she runs away from an arranged marriage proposal, to find true love, safety, and a purpose to her life.

Seventeen-year-old cursebreaker Marlow Briggs reluctantly pretends to be in love with a powerful noble to gain entry into an illustrious--and deadly--society that holds clues to her mother's disappearance.

Examines the history of fourteenth-century France as background to the life of Enguerrand de Coucy VII, one of the most prominent French knights of that time.

"Joy Abara knows her place. A commoner from the lowly planet Hali, she lives a simple life--apart from the notoriety that being Kindred to the nobility's most infamous playboy brings. Duke Felix Hamdi has a plan. He will exasperate his noble family to the point that they agree to let him choose his own future and finally meet his Kindred face-to-face. Then the royal family is assassinated, putting Felix next in line for the throne...and accused of the murders. Someone will stop at nothing until he's dead, which means they'll target Joy, too"--Provided by publisher.

"Melphiera Marchalrayd is misunderstood by the peerage and is called the 'Voracious Villainess' for taking delight in monster meat. Likewise, Aristide is known as the 'Blood-Mad Duke' for his fierce hunting skills. After a monstrous rendezvous, Aristide has fallen in love at first sight with the fearless Melphiera and has asked for her hand in marriage. Of course, one must not forget to bestow proper gifts in a noble courtship, so Aristide has arrived with a rare golden-fleeced royal moodle in tow! But what exactly goes into butchering this fine monster? And will Aristide truly proceed with the engagement?"--Back cover.