Recently, I dreamed I was a character on So You Want To Marry A Prince, a Bachelor-type reality show where women vie for the attention of multiple prince/royalty-type men from various countries.
The heroine (my character) is tall, blonde, pretty and…quiet. Her sister signed her up for the show and that sister was so excited about the heroine being selected; the heroine didn’t have the heart to back out.
The heroine doesn’t expect to find love and when she peeks through the curtains, she isn’t attracted to any of the princes she first sees. The men are young and handsome (it IS a dream – grins) but she isn’t drawn to any of them.
Then she sees…him. The prince is sitting on one of the made-for-TV thrones with a resigned look on his handsome face.
And she knows. He is HER prince.
When the contestants enter the room, not every prince stands but he does…even though this is a struggle for him. She would find out later he has a chronic condition similar to MS.
Some of the other contestants gasp and say unkind things. He must have heard them. Yet he raises his chin, his expression so proud and regal, and he says nothing.
The heroine admires his strength, his courage. He is HERS. She knows this in her heart.
The first date card she receives, she chooses him. She finds out his younger brother signed him up for the show. They have a lot in common, have similar dry senses of humor, the same loyalty to family, sense of duty, etc.
Her prince is technically the crown prince but he plans to step aside and allow his brother become the next king. He has decided never to marry and never to have children, has already decided to choose no one on the show.
Our heroine tries to change her prince’s mind but he is so blasted noble and proud. He doesn’t want to ‘inflict’ his condition on anyone else. He tries to dissuade her and goes on dates with other contestants.
The heroine realizes he feels he has little to offer a potential partner. She changes tactics. She confronts him, points out that the show is called So You Want To Marry A Prince, that the primary goal of many contestants is to become a princess, that they aren’t looking for love or ‘normal’ relationships.
SHE is looking for love and doesn’t care about marrying a prince. I think both of them realize this but she gives him a reason to justify what he perceives as a selfish act-to indulge in his caring for her and seek happiness for himself.
Decision day comes. More and more contestants are eliminated until our heroine is sitting by herself. She feels awkward, uncomfortable.
Her prince sees that, makes the great (and highly visible to the cameras) effort to change seats to sit beside her, ensuring she isn’t alone.
He takes her hand.
And she knows she has been chosen. She has found her Prince, love, and a royal happy ever after.
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Seizing Power
This cyborg believes he’s in control.
Power is the self-appointed leader of the cyborg council. Other members might debate situations. He makes the ultimate decisions.
When a threat to the Homeland is revealed, he takes command of a fleet and ventures to the edge of cyborg-controlled space to investigate. He finds a rebellion led by a mysterious upstart he calls Cadet.
The plan Power derives is simple—he’ll quickly quash the uprising and teach its leader a lesson the warrior will never forget.
NO ONE challenges his authority.
Eirene Ours might have been called a cadet by Power but she is NOT his subordinate. She is the arrogant E Model’s genetic match.
For much of her mature lifespan, she has desired the male, yearning for his dark-eyed gaze, craving his sure hands, longing for his respect.
That esteem was never granted. And Eirene Ours can no longer wait to earn it. There’s an external threat to their kind, a danger that might destroy them all.
Having lured Power to her home terrain, she now plans to use everything within her means – her fists, her daggers, her ship-destroying missiles – to pound that truth into her stubborn warrior’s thick metal skull.
The future of every cyborg is at stake. She can’t fail them.
Power will believe her. Or he will die.
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Seizing Power is an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
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