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Eighteen-year-old Prince Temmin has led a childhood as close to normal as possible, far from the capital. When he comes of age and joins his father King Harsin, he’s completely unprepared for the politics, assassins and sexual intrigues at court.
Temmin is even more unprepared when he discovers there is magic in the world, all in the hands of his father’s immortal advisor Teacher. Teacher becomes his tutor, and Temmin discovers his lessons are contained in a magic book. When Teacher reads to him, Temmin experiences everything the story’s characters do, and he’s forced to confront serious mistakes in the kingdom’s—and his own—past.
His present is just as complicated. He’s falling for beautiful twins—brother and sister—who are the human hosts of the Gods of love and desire called the Lovers. Being with them is more than sex; it’s a religious calling, and the Lovers have spoken clearly to him. But an ancient prophecy says that if Temmin heeds Their call it may spell the end of the monarchy, and his father King Harsin fights him every step of the way.
Temmin must choose: Serve the Lovers and lose his father—and possibly the kingdom—or serve King Harsin and risk the wrath of the Gods.
Set in a Victorianesque world of magic, sexuality, political intrigue and military conquest, “Lovers and Beloveds” is the first book in the series “An Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom.”
Note: An Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom contains pervasive graphic sexual content; also, some graphic violence and harsh language.
