![]() ![]() Unwilling to let her heart distract her, she accepts help from a band of Unseelie misfits with their own secret agenda. Brie’s only choice is to pose as a potential bride for Prince Ronan, and she soon finds herself falling for him. Gaining unfettered access to the Seelie court is easier said than done. But when her sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she’ll do whatever it takes to get her back-including making a deal with the king himself to steal three magical relics from the Seelie court. Novel:Ĭruel Prince meets A Court of Thorns and Roses in this sexy, action-packed fantasy about a girl who is caught between two treacherous faerie courts and their dangerously seductive princes.īrie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on the street. Book These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan is available to download free in pdf epub format. ![]()
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