![]() In order to salvage the fortune they accrued before humans fled the frozen Earth 170 years ago, Leonie’s father is forcing her to participate in the Valg Season, an elaborate set of matchmaking events held to facilitate the marriages of rich and royal teens. Nineteen-year-old Princess Leonie Kolburg’s royal family is bankrupt. This is a new-adult book, and the story eventually resolves into a focus on sex.įor the second time in her life, Leo must choose between her family and true love. At its heart, however, it’s a standard romance in which true love is always instant and eternal, and characters are supermodel beautiful and one-dimensional. ![]() Glines writes of Trisha’s abusive family fairly compellingly, with most of the plot relying on her plight. ![]() But when Rock learns about Trisha’s abuse, he steps in to save her. She doesn’t trust him, as she knows that girls throw themselves at him, and he’s apparently had sex with nearly every girl in town. Although a year has passed, he’s determined at least to become friends with her. ![]() She has lusted after Rock, the high school football star, since she first glimpsed him a year earlier-and he’s done likewise. ![]() She knows that if the authorities learn of her plight, they will separate her from her beloved little brother. Trisha struggles to hide the visible signs of the beatings she often receives from her stepmother’s boyfriends. This new installment in the Sea Breeze series highlights abusive families, romance, and sex-quite a lot of it. ![]()
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