Lords of the North

On the eve of her wedding Severin Cearach, Lord of the North kidnaps Arianna, Queen of the West, in retribution for unknown crimes committed by her fiance the Emperor of the South. She doesn't much like him, and the feelings are mutual until Arianna learns there's much more to Severin than a simple contest of wills between the north and south. Her abduction triggers a string of events that not only change Arianna's entire identity but reveal secrets that forever alter the politics of the island nations they all call home.

Book one of the Empress of the Isles trilogy.