Have I professed my love for fantasy novels enough on this blog already? Seriously, fantasy is my favorite genre. But Torch will come to earn that his revenge isn't all that he wants - he wants Calista to love him as well.

Calista doesn't know everything at first, but Torch has a plan, a plan that involves marrying her and taking revenge on King Magnus, who took something from Torch long ago. He becomes lord of the keep, and he claims her hand in marriage. Calista manages to shoot Torch while the siege is taking place, but the injury isn't enough to stop Torch. Which is how the warrior Torch of the Bastard Brotherhood is able to claim the Keep easily, with his Brotherhood. Her father is lord of Blackbriar Keep, a small holding that must rely on the strength of its neighbors for protection. Destined for a King was an extremely well-written fantasy romance story, and just what I needed!Ĭalista Thorne has been promised to King Magnus Vandal for years, thanks to negotiations between her father and the king. I casually started this book in-between the Young Adult novels I was supposed to be reading, and I was sucked in this story. I feel like such an early bird reviewer right now! This book publishes in exactly two months, and so I apologize to the publisher for posting a full review so early. ***Warning: this is an adult book, and for the eyes of mature readers*** *** Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***īook One of The Bastard Brotherhood series For with Calista’s love, no man has ever felt more powerful. He will fulfill his destiny and take her from the usurper king, even in his weakened state. But after taking one look into Calista’s smoldering gray eyes, Torch discovers a passion nobler than retribution. Taking Blackbriar Keep is the first step in that plan, and-by the three gods-it won’t be the last. Now, with her father’s life at stake, Calista must nurse the brigand back to health, and the strangest thing happens: She finds herself fascinated by his tautly muscled body, and enthralled by his hotly whispered demands.Įver since his father’s death, the fearsome warrior they call Torch has been consumed by his quest for revenge.

She even manages to sink a poison-tipped arrow into their commander, who survives long enough to conquer the Keep and claim Calista for his own. Though she is intended for the king, Calista Thorne picks up a crossbow to defend her ancestral home, Blackbriar Keep, from a gang of landless knights. Bestselling author Ashlyn Macnamara, hailed by Jennifer McQuiston as “a born storyteller,” introduces the strapping, audacious outlaws of the Bastard Brotherhood in this enchanting tale of forbidden love between supposedly sworn enemies.

Destined for a King by Ashlyn Macnamara