I am a sucker for super powers and/or magic of any kind though, so I'll let it slide.

I really like the female MC, Cat, although she does whine a lot and I sometimes wanted to punch her right in her cantankerous mouth. The world building was well done and she managed to get it done without the usual first book info dump. This is my first (I think) Amanda Bouchet and I was really impressed, actually. This was a great start to what I hope will be a super decent trilogy. ***This book and the next in the series are only $0.62 on amazon US right now, people!*** But can he ever hope to prove to his once-captive that he wants her there by his side as his equal, his companion-and maybe someday, his Queen?ĭiscover the white-hot fantasy willing to break all the rules. Cat fights him at every turn, showing a ferocity of spirit that burns hot.and leaves him desperate for more. Kidnapping her off the street is simple enough, but keeping her by his side is infuriatingly tough. Griffin knows Cat is the Kingmaker-the woman able to divine truth through lies-and he wants her to be a powerful weapon for his newly conquered realm. She won't be anyone’s pawn.īut then she locks eyes with an ambitious warlord from the magic-deprived south and her illusion of safety is shattered forever. As far as she's concerned, the magic humming within her blood can live and die with her. She's perfectly content disguised as a soothsayer in a traveling circus, avoiding the destiny the Gods-and her dangerous family-have saddled her with.

A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet