“Aerity…” Her father paused as if the words he was forming pained him. “I must ask you to sacrifice the promise of love for the sake of our kingdom.”
She could only stare back, frozen.
When a strange beast terrorizes the kingdom of Lochlanach, fear stirs revolt. In an act of desperation, a proclamation is sent to all of Eurona—kill the creature and win the ultimate prize: the daughter of King Lochson’s hand in marriage.
Princess Aerity knows her duty to the kingdom but cannot bear the idea of marrying a stranger... until a brooding local hunter, Paxton Seabolt, catches her attention. There’s no denying the unspoken lure between them... or his mysterious resentment.
Paxton is not the marrying type. Nor does he care much for spoiled royals and their arcane laws. He’s determined to keep his focus on the task at hand—ridding the kingdom of the beast—but the princess continues to surprise him, and the perilous secrets he’s buried begin to surface.
Inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ tale “The Singing Bone,” New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins delivers a dark fantasy filled with rugged hunters, romantic tension, and a princess willing to risk all to save her kingdom.
I added The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins to my TBR in March of 2016. Right away I knew it was a duology, so right away I planned to wait til I had the second book to read it. And naturally, by 2017 things happened and it didn't make it into my queue! I added it because it was a fairy tale retelling and I tend to love those! I still need to find my Grimm Brothers collection which is somewhere in my storage unit. I guess the next time I need to go digging for a book for a signing I will have to remember to add my Grimm collection to the list as I've another fairy tale retelling where I want to read the OG tale before diving into it. Just so I can have that background knowledge and look for Easter Eggs as I read!
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