A Warrior's Return

The Royal Houses of Sea and Snow #3

by Jude Marquez

With their love stronger than ever and their need for revenge burning, Eamon and Alik will face their most difficult choices yet.

Their enemy pushes too close for comfort. Negotiations fall through after tempers flare and lies are exposed.

When a stranger arrives in their court, Alik can't help but wonder if there is more to his offer of help than to be seen. The passion of Alik and Eamon's love is threatened by the newcomer and Alik can't help but wonder where Eamon's true loyalties lie.

When Eamon finds himself captured and alone, he must face his greatest fear: Will he fail his people and his country and leave Alik alone to fight this war?

After all is said and done, will all the sacrifices they made be worth the cost of the throne?

Genres: Fantasy, M M Romance

188 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2019

About the author

Jude Marquez is a lover of all things romance. She began writing in first grade and hasn't stopped since. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and reads MM romance voraciously as well as horror and suspense.

While living and working near the ocean is amazing, Jude often skips town to enjoy the warmth of the Southwest during the winters and drags her dog along for the ride.

Jude began publishing in early 2018 and currently has three full length novels and 3 novellas released.

Reviews

[Nic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ending

So I really enjoyed these two series that I have read. This being the final piece in Eamon and Alik. It was great to see old friends and ones we though were lost reunited. The one major complaint I have for this series and previous one is the lack of editing that occurred. Incorrect spelling, grammar and word usage made it difficult at times to read. But the premise for the story, character development and plot were all nicely done!

[Danna Iuliana · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are like me and love this trope with princes/kings and arranged marriage this will be fun. If you are analytical, care about spelling and want a really good, well developed storyline this ain t it 😀 All the characters are charming, the dialog and bantar is witty and funny and the romance between the MC s is satisfying but the actual plot is really weak. Again, as in the first book when Eamon and his family were overthrown we are supposed to believe he is the best ever known fighter and yet he is captured easily after 2 minutes on the island. After a whole book of Eamon and Alik raising and preparing an army, their grand scheme was to have Eamon, a huge barbarian known for his ruthless into battle sneak into the casle to kill the current Prince😃Really?!Anyone of these characters would have been a better less obvious choise for that task. Eamon goes and gets himself captured, literally as soon as he steps foot on the island, and we again hear how his men were killed, what the hell has he taught them for almost a year?!🤷🏻‍♀️ Edmond s resurrection was as lackluster as his sisters, it was basically: oh, you re alive! Ah, yeah! ok, let go to battle 😒 Give him a freaking hug you moron🤦🏻‍♀️He mourned his siblings and parents and when they show up, it s no big deal. That pissed me off with Avalina as well and I see the author insists on writing the same ridiculous attitude. Maybe if the epilog would have been longer and more detailed, maybe with the siblings having a drink in Eamon s room as they used to but, nah..the epilog was a short snooze fest that didn t tell much. Overall I enjoyed it but than again I m easy to please with this kind of storyline.

[Max Avalon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid work, Well worth the read.

I’d definitely recommend this entire series to everyone. I enjoyed the character development. The story was engaging and well developed, easy to follow not stilted or stuffy. And the scenes were almost real in so many ways. so much fun.

[jaxnsmom · Rating 3 out of 5]

The bad editing got distracting.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful conclusion to Alik and Eamon’s story! I’m looking forward to reading the next chapter of this amazing world Jude has created!

[LOLA · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent series.