Pearson's New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy series Remnant Chronicles. The Kiss of Deception is the first book in Mary E. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets-secrets that may unravel her world-even as she feels herself falling in love. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive-and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Like having to marry someone she’s never met to secure a political alliance.įed up and ready for a new life, Lia escapes to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can’t abide. She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan. She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father. She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor’s secret collection. I had wanted to kiss him.The first book of the New York Times bestselling Remnant Chronicles. I shook my head, denying it, but it was true. He grabbed my hand so I had to look at him. I got to my feet, my chest heaving, busying myself with a loose button on my shirt. It was just as I had imagined that night with Pauline back in Terravin so long ago. His lips were warm and gentle against mine, and his breath thrummed in my ears. I was going to push away, look away, do something, but I didn’t, and before I knew what was happening, the space between us disappeared.
“Are you all right?” His voice was low and husky. He gazed down at me, his elbows straddling my sides, his chest brushing mine, his face inches away.
The tall grass waved above us, hiding us from view.
He rolled over me in a protective motion, hovering in case the horse came closer, but it was already gone. We stumbled back, unable to regain our footing, and both tumbled to the ground. Kaden grabbed me and pulled me out of its path. “I was about to reach in the basket to take one when a horse that had been grazing nearby suddenly charged at another horse.
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