About
the Book
Title:
Venus and Lysander
Author:
Yoshiyuki Ly
Genre:
Historical Romance / Fantasy
Living
as a nobleman and as a woman, Valerie of Lysander is sick of waiting
for the world to change. The discrimination she suffers as an outcast
builds into resentment. Once Val takes matters into her own hands,
the whole Empire of Tynan feels her brand of justice. The Emperor’s
adviser, Lucrezia of Azrith, wants more of Val’s ruthlessness—for
revenge against the unjust, and for her own desires. Venus
and Lysander is
an intricate romance set in the fictional Victorian city of Eden, 250
years after the events in The
Scorpion’s Empress.
Lucrezia
is Lady Chancellor for the Emperor and a sorceress-in-hiding. She is
forced to conceal her identity from the religious public for fear of
death. As she learns to trust in Val’s chivalry and affections for
her, they both fall for the softer sides behind their similar
bulletproof personas. Lucrezia receives a mysterious warning about a
sadistic enemy threatening the Azrith and Lysander families. Once
they discover their nemesis’ true motive, Val and Lucrezia’s
tyrannous devotion for one another is all they can count on to
survive.
Author
bio
Yoshiyuki
Ly was born in San Diego, CA. She lived there until moving away to
college. In high school, she began writing fanfiction as a serious
hobby. Her pen name represents her multiracial heritage and a unique,
diverse outlook that reflects in her work. She is a writer and a
gamer.
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Book
Excerpts
Valerie
and I said not a word as we walked from the gallows out to the
grounds. I didn’t want any of the guards to overhear our
conversation. We stopped once we were outside in the chill of night,
away from overhearing ears. She seemed embarrassed to have let her
guard down with me. She couldn’t know how much it pleased me to see
this rare side of her.
“Expect
to see me at court this weekend,” I said. “Once I have a better
feel for you, His Majesty will want to have a private audience with
us. Let’s give it a few weeks first, shall we?”
“Yes…that’s
fine,” replied Valerie, blinking hard to stay awake.
“For
now, you ought to return home. I’m certain your family misses you
terribly.”
“My
sister-in-law will never let me hear the end of it…”
I
smiled over her misfortune. “Have a good night, my lord.”
Unexpected,
Valerie bent down to kiss my hand. She lingered there, uncertain,
staring down at my boots. She then left across the grounds to her
estate, oddly subdued. This transformation in her from defiant to
demure was beyond fascinating. I’d always known Valerie as a
private person who expected danger around every corner. But I sensed
she was also deeply sensitive, as I was. She was multi-faceted, as
she needed to be to survive.
I
wished to see more of her faces—if they were just as beautiful as
the one she wore each day.
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