Burning Bridges: 1 (Bleeding Heart Series) - Softcover

In a lost world divided between those known as the Hunters and Warriors, prisoners who have fallen prey to King Cyrus's decrees are forced into an arena to fight until death. The champion is granted mercy and the privilege to see another sunrise, but the fallen meet their fate in the bloodied sand. Seventeen year-old Echo Abbeny has always accepted her role as a Warrior and heiress to the Alwaenian throne. She wears the gowns and the crowns and knows the right words to say as a noblewoman, even though her heart longs to be out on the field, fighting among the brave. But she also knows the rules . . . and exactly how to break them.Just days before her wedding to a corrupt prince, something happens to her--something so frightening it's been kept a secret for thousands of years. A dark force beckons behind her eyes and power surges in her veins. She isn't normal, she isn't who she thought she was, and all her answers lead her to the last person she expected.A Hunter named Ayden Grey.

Nadège Richards is the author of the Bleeding Heart Series and the Bionics Saga, and currently attends college for her BA in journalism. Her name is of French origin, though she's never been to France. She wrote her first novel about aliens and goats in the 8th grade and has had a passion for story-telling ever since. Her friends and family are her biggest inspiration, and the occasional cup of tea.