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The Winter King
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2014-07-29
- Rating
- ★ 3.7 · 64 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
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This epic high-fantasy romance follows Wynter Atrialan, king of Wintercraig, who ends a three-year war with Summerlea by forcing a marriage to Khamsin Coruscate, a storm-summoning princess exiled and reviled by her father, as vengeance for his brother’s death. Intended as cruel punishment for Khamsin, the union instead offers her first freedom and overwhelming passion, with Wynter surprising her with tenderness even as he battles the corrupting Ice Heart power he embraced for vengeance. A devastating betrayal soon threatens both their lives and their growing bond, forcing them to confront dangerous, gathering threats.
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- Betrayal: “a devastating betrayal puts Khamsin and Wynter to the ultimate test.” source
- High Fantasy: “Khamsin Coruscate, Princess of Summerlea and summoner of Storms, has spent her life exiled to the shadows of her father's palace.” source
- Marriage of Convenience: “marriage to Wintercraig's icy king was supposed to be a terrible punishment, but instead offers Kham her first taste of freedom—and her first taste of overwhelming passion.” source
- Revenge Plot: “the dread power he embraced to avenge his brother's death, rages on.” source
- Tortured Hero: “Wynter's battle with the Ice Heart, the dread power he embraced to avenge his brother's death, rages on.” source
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