The Bridge Kingdom
Princess Lara has been raised from childhood for a single purpose: to marry the king of the Bridge Kingdom, win his trust, and deliver the secrets that will let her own people destroy the chokehold his country has on the world's trade. When she finally reaches the island fortress of Ithicana, however, she finds a ruler nothing like the tyrant she was trained to hate. Aren is sharp, private, and fiercely protective of his people, a nation of rain-soaked warriors who live and die by the bridge that spans their islands. As Lara's mission collides with the marriage she had never expected to care about, she must choose between the family that forged her and the husband who is quietly undoing every certainty she brought with her. Danielle L. Jensen's novel pairs romance with tight political tension and a vividly imagined setting.
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First in the Bridge Kingdom series. Trained from age seven as her kingdom's secret weapon, Princess Lara of Maridrina is sent to marry King Aren of Ithicana, the ruler of a chain of islands she has been raised to destroy.
Danielle L. Jensen's Bridge Kingdom series has four books: The Bridge Kingdom, The Traitor Queen, The Inadequate Heir, and The Endless War. The series is complete.
Yes. The Bridge Kingdom contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. The series is part of the BookTok romantasy wave alongside Fourth Wing and ACOTAR.
Yes. The Bridge Kingdom contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. The series is part of the BookTok romantasy wave alongside Fourth Wing and ACOTAR.
The Bridge Kingdom was written by Danielle L. Jensen, published in 2019 by Del Rey.
The Bridge Kingdom is 448 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Bridge Kingdom takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
The Bridge Kingdom is a standalone novel by Danielle L. Jensen, not part of a series.
The Bridge Kingdom is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
