{"product_id":"forbidden-feasts-and-desire-olivia-j-cross-9798278367086","title":"Forbidden Feasts and Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eA nightengails haunting songs. A noblewoman's stolen future. A love fierce enough to burn down a kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mist-shrouded marshlands of Eldmarsh, Eadwyn lives as the hall's prized entertainer-celebrated for her voice, desired for her beauty, and owned by the lord who bought her as a child. Every night she sings of heroes and battles while hiding the truth: she is little more than a gilded prisoner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh above the feasting warriors sits Elswyth, Lord Osric's only daughter and bargaining chip in a looming political alliance. Clever, observant, and quietly desperate, she dreams of carving her own fate rather than being traded away to secure her father's borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single shared glance across the firelight shatters the boundaries between them. When Elswyth subtly shields Eadwyn from a predatory visiting thane, a dangerous connection sparks-one fed by secret smiles, whispered stories, and a kiss stolen in a shadowed passage. Snowstorms trap the hall in tense confinement, and what begins as a quiet rebellion of the heart deepens into a passionate, forbidden love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Eldmarsh is tightening its grip. As marriage negotiations close around Elswyth and powerful warriors circle Eadwyn like wolves, rumor and piety threaten to expose them. The hall whispers of \"unnatural indulgence,\" of dishonor, of punishment. And still, neither woman can let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBound by desire and united by defiance, Eadwyn and Elswyth must choose: bend to a world that claims their bodies, or burn the old order to ash for the chance to claim their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLush, intimate, and boldly feminist, Forbidden Feasts and Desire is a sweeping sapphic romance about passion as revolution and love as a force strong enough to break every chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olivia J. Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278367086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Olivia J. Cross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48242067013887,"sku":"9798278367086","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce5b3fd7-4776-46b1-bbc4-5c74e13c6958.jpg?v=1772657331","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forbidden-feasts-and-desire-olivia-j-cross-9798278367086","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}