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The Seventh Bride

by T. Kingfisher

A fairy-tale marriage with a dangerous condition

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A fairy-tale marriage with a dangerous condition

Rhea’s engagement to Lord Crevan becomes a struggle for freedom when she discovers that his six former wives are imprisoned in his enchanted manor. The story builds its conflict around a sequence of magical tasks, each tied to a deadline and the threat of forced marriage. Rhea’s effort to resist Crevan also brings the other wives into the center of the struggle, linking the fairy-tale elements to themes of coercion, solidarity, and self-determination.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in dark fairy-tale retellings and enchanted settings.
  • For readers who enjoy stories centered on a heroine resisting coercion and working with others.
  • For adults seeking fantasy drawing on folk-tale conventions.

Themes

Coercion and freedomSolidarity among womenResourcefulness and braveryFairy-tale enchantment

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Book overview

Young Rhea is a miller's daughter of low birth, so she is understandably surprised when a mysterious nobleman, Lord Crevan, shows up on her doorstep and proposes marriage. Since commoners don't turn down lords--no matter how sinister they may seem--Rhea is forced to agree to the engagement.

Lord Crevan demands that Rhea visit his remote manor before their wedding. Upon arrival, she discovers that not only was her betrothed married six times before, but his previous wives are all imprisoned in his enchanted castle. Determined not to share their same fate, Rhea asserts her desire for freedom. In answer, Lord Crevan gives Rhea a series of magical tasks to complete, with the threat "Come back before dawn, or else I'll marry you."

With time running out and each task more dangerous and bizarre than the last, Rhea must use her resourcefulness, compassion, and bravery to rally the other wives and defeat the sorcerer before he binds her to him forever.

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