Kingdom From Ashes
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4.3 • 33 Ratings
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Publisher Description
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Megan Linski weaves a Middle Eastern historical fantasy based on the 1001 Arabian Nights. Forbidden love and royal romance ignite in this Aladdin retelling of a princess's fight to rule her empire.
I am Princess Bennua. My father, the sultan, has promised my hand to a cruel warlord on the outskirts of the realm. The desert of Sahrahn is a dangerous land of ruthless bandits, endless battles, and captivating magic, and most do not survive its fire.
Though the cruel warlord plans to make me his prisoner, another takes me captive; the roguish killer and infamous king of thieves, the Raider Prince.
I'm stolen away to the Raider Prince's city of darkness and enchantment. The Raider Prince trains me to become a thief, teaching me how to wield a sword, seek out coin, and deceive our foes.
The Raider Prince is handsome, kind, and dangerous. I find myself falling for the man who kidnapped me, unable to tame my heart's desires. There are many enemies amongst us, and we must wage war if we are to rebuild our kingdom from the ashes.
Love is dangerous. If anyone comes between the Raider Prince and I…
They will burn.
Kingdom From Ashes begins a legendary fairy tale of Arabian lore and Middle Eastern mythology. This young adult enemies to lovers romance features suspenseful action, thrilling adventure, and undying love. This is the first book in The Kingdom Saga.
Recommended reading age 16+
"I love everything about this series. This is a MUST READ!!!" - Brandy's Book Review
"Be ready to pull an all-nighter. Filled with suspense. Will surely leave you awestruck." - Haniya Qamar, Books And Authors Spot.
"An action-packed adventure that will have readers' emotions reeling with every turn of the page. - Kira Assad, Beta Omicron Loves Books
"Amazing characters who show strength, love, kindness, and a great sense of adventure! The writing is exceptional: the scenes are described so well that you're ON their wonderful adventure!" - Kim Devall, The Wolf Pack
Customer Reviews
Sacrificing the heart
I was given this book in exchange for an honest review and I got to say the story was out of this world good.. It's very captivating and thrilling. I was trying to guess the way the story would go but it kept me guessing which I like because you never knew which way it would go. I am glad it end right.lol. In my opinion at least.
The story is about a Princess named Bennua, who is extremely beautiful and the daughter of a high sultan. Her father has form an alliance through marriage with a man named Quasim, who is also powerful but also a monster. One day a Raid Prince named Zahid, King of the Thieves, came to her city and threatened to raid and take everything. Princess Bennua took heart in order to save her people and city and offered herself up, which he accepted. She knew the sacrifice she was making, but had plans of escaping, only problem was she never planned on falling in love with Zahid, but she did. She has never been out of the city and is seeing and learning new things, in fact she is slowly becoming one of Zahid's group. Will love grow? Is there a future for them? What happens to Quasim? Or her family? Read and find out...