Claimed by the Enemy ~ Paperback ~ Shauna Roberts

Claimed by the Enemy ~ Paperback ~ Shauna Roberts
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Crown Princess Nindalla knows the terrifying power of Sargon of Akkad's army: Ten years ago, it destroyed her home city and killed her parents. Now the nightmare is happening again. The Akkadians conquer her new home, Susa; make her a widow; and strip her of her rank. Nindalla vows to protect her children from her enemies by any means necessary, including marrying whoever can shield them best. With plots swirling around her, can she trust her instincts to tell friends from foes? Farm boy Ur-sag-enki was forced to become a soldier in the Akkadian army ten years ago after it destroyed his home and left him with nothing. When the Akkadians conquer Susa, he is awarded its governorship. He looks forward to settling down to the normal family life he craves. First, though, he must keep control of Susa despite enemies who exploit his inexperience, and he must gain legitimacy by persuading beautiful former princess Nindalla to marry him. But can he win her heart when it was his hand that struck down her husband?Author BiographyShauna Roberts is an author of fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and romance. She grew up in Beavercreek, Ohio. She was a copy editor and an award-winning freelance medical writer for 21 years before retiring to write fiction. Mesopotamia has fascinated her since high school. She earned a BA in anthropology (with an emphasis in Near Eastern archaeology) from the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) and an MA and a PhD in anthropology from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). She has taught classes on ancient Mesopotamia in the University of California at Riverside's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She attended the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop in 2009, and she now serves on the Clarion Foundation Board of Directors. In 2011 she won the Speculative Literature Foundation's Older Writers' Grant.