{"title":"Elora Morgan","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"beyond-the-god-sea-betrothed-paperback","title":"Beyond the God Sea: Betrothed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo man may touch Zaria. Not even her own father.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnvy of the other girls, Zaria was born for the sea. Nobody questions her fate as the chosen braenese to marry Keroe, God of the Sea -- least of all her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd even if she did, she has no choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Zaria's wedding day finally arrives, she'll become the only islander of her generation permitted to cross into the God Sea. There's nothing more she could possibly want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUntil a curious boy washes up on her palm-fringed paradise and Zaria defies sacred law to hide the unconscious stranger.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are only two possibilities with his strange (and strangely handsome) face: he's either a village anomaly or the Sea God himself, in disguise. The alluring boy-creature couldn't have come from anywhere else, because there is no other land in all the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut when the scoundrel awakens, he has the gall to ambush Zaria.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs three pageants leading up to her wedding turn unexpectedly deadly, and the enigma of its true purpose looms, Zaria is torn between her long-desired fate as Sea Queen and the infuriating boy who tells her that everything her people know is a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e********\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease be advised: In this dystopian series the protagonist grows in a manner similar to characters such as Sansa Stark. She begins as sheltered and does not become a strategist until Book II when the story darkens and matures. There is no spice\/adult content until Book III.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook I is Mid-Range YA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook II is Dark\/Mature YA better suited to older teen readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook III is New Adult and contains mature content.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Winner of Independent Book Review's \"The Best Books We Read This Year (2021)\"**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565615452383,"sku":"9798988279402","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/oCPqOkzoMz9798988279402.webp?v=1783940185"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/elora-morgan.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}