AUTHOR BIO:
Susan Kaye Quinn grew up in California, where she wrote snippets of stories and passed them to her friends during class. Her teachers pretended not to notice and only confiscated her stories a couple times.Susan left writing behind to pursue a bunch of engineering degrees, but she was drawn back to writing by an irresistible urge to share her stories with her niece, her kids, and all the wonderful friends she’s met along the way.
She doesn’t have to sneak her notes anymore, which is too bad.
Susan writes from the Chicago suburbs with her three boys, two cats, and one husband. Which, it turns out, is exactly as a much as she can handle.
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Third Daughter by Susan Kaye Quinn
(The Dharian Affairs Trilogy #1)
Publication date: December 13th 2013
Genres: Adult, Fantasy,
(The Dharian Affairs Trilogy #1)
Publication date: December 13th 2013
Genres: Adult, Fantasy,
Synopsis:
The Third Daughter of the Queen wants her birthday to arrive so she’ll be free to marry for love, but rumors of a new flying weapon may force her to accept a barbarian prince’s proposal for a peace-brokering marriage. Desperate to marry the charming courtesan she loves, Aniri agrees to the prince’s proposal as a subterfuge in order to spy on him, find the weapon, and hopefully avoid both war and an arranged marriage to a man she does not love.
Third Daughter is the first book in The Dharian Affairs Trilogy (Third Daughter, Second Daughter, First Daughter). This steampunk-goes-to-Bollywood (Bollypunk!) romance takes place in an east-indian-flavored alternate world filled with skyships, saber duels, and lots of royal intrigue. And, of course, kissing.
Third Daughter is the first book in The Dharian Affairs Trilogy (Third Daughter, Second Daughter, First Daughter). This steampunk-goes-to-Bollywood (Bollypunk!) romance takes place in an east-indian-flavored alternate world filled with skyships, saber duels, and lots of royal intrigue. And, of course, kissing.
Excerpt:
The
cloudless night whispered sweet promises to Aniri.
Below
her stone rooftop, the shadows of the forested grounds danced in the summer’s
breeze, their small rustlings calling to her like a lover. The sound was the
perfect cover for escape into the darkness and the warm arms she hoped to find
there. No one should notice her absence. Of all the guards, handmaidens, and
many silent keepers of the royal household, none would venture up to her
private observatory this late in the eve. But she still had to be careful. Even
this close to her birthday, the Queen would not be forgiving if she was caught.
Aniri
scanned the palace grounds to make sure it was clear of any witnesses. The manicured
lawns were empty: the only sign of life came from the distant embassy windows
where gas lamps flickered and soft music trilled from late-reveling partygoers.
Aniri pressed the leather eyecup of her aetherscope to her face, slowly turning
the brass knobs to bring the party into focus. The instrument was meant for
watching the rise of the twin full moons, but it worked well enough for spying
on the Samirian ambassador and her assemblage of guests.
Their
shiny new automaton was thick-legged and awkward, but the Samirian tinker’s
design was still clever: the steam-driven mechanical wonder actually danced,
albeit just one clumsy pirouette after another. When it came to a graceless
stop, the guests snapped their fingers in appreciation. The faint sound of
their applause drifted over the lawn, but the party continued on. With the
grounds still empty, Aniri swung her aetherscope to the forest. The broken
edges of the river snaked through the darkened trees, slipped under a stone
bridge, and then flowed past the red sandstone walls of the Queen’s estate. A
black shape darted out from under the bridge, then disappeared into the shadows
between the trees.
Time
to go.
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