Now I Rise

In this sequel to Now I Darken, Lada and Radu are on their separate quests for their life dreams. Lada wants to be the Prince of Wallachia and Radu wants Mehmed to love him and not his sister. Neither task holds a straight path to victory. Lada Dracul will do whatever it takes to regain her homeland after her father’s death. She will not let anyone get in her way. She amasses a band of loyal men to help her on the quest. She thinks her brother and Mehmed will help, but is crushed when that doesn’t happen. Radu wants nothing but to be by the Sultan’s side.  Mehmed uses this to his advantage and sends Radu into Constantinople as a spy. Mehmed is determined to take the holy city back from Constantine. Radu is torn, he doesn’t want to leave Mehmed but he wants to help. He and his wife go into the city with Cyprian and immerse themselves into life in the city, sneaking information out to Mehmed. But there are two sides to every story and nothing is black and white. Cyprian becomes important to Radu but with every step he is being betrayed. Radu must make many decisions that test his faith and his loyalty to Mehmed. Will he give up his soul for a man that doesn’t love him? I like this series that takes the Vlad the Impaler myth and turns it on its head with a female lead. Lada is ruthless and will stop at nothing to get her kingdom back, even if it means going to war with her brother and Mehmed. I can’t wait to see where this series leads- which is interesting since I don’t really like any of the characters! But I like the story as a whole. Happy reading my friends!