02808cam a2200433 i 4500 1710692039 TxAuBib 20241115120000.0 240531s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024024438 9781250341624 hardcover $28.99 1250341620 hardcover $28.99 (OCoLC)1416626745 TxAuBib rda Marske, Freya, author. Swordcrossed [Book] / Freya Marske. Sword crossed. First edition. New York : Bramble, Tor Publishing Group, 2024. ©2024. 372 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "High heat. Low stakes. Sharp steel. The cozy, low stakes of Legends & Lattes meets the scorching bodyguard fantasy of Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash in this enemies-to-lovers romance where, yes, the swords do cross. Mattinesh Jay, dutiful heir to his struggling family business, needs to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his arranged marriage. Sword-challenge at the ceremony could destroy all hope of restoring his family's wealth, something that Matti has been trying -- and failing -- to do for the past ten years. What he can afford, unfortunately, is part-time con artist and full-time charming menace Luca Piere. Luca, for his part, is trying to reinvent himself in a new city. All he wants to do is make some easy money and try to forget the crime he committed in his hometown. He didn't plan on being blackmailed into giving sword lessons to a chronically responsible -- and inconveniently handsome -- wool merchant like Matti. However, neither Matti's business troubles nor Luca himself are quite what they seem. As the days count down to Matti's wedding, the two of them become entangled in the intrigue and sabotage that have brought Matti's house to the brink of ruin. And when Luca's secrets threaten to drive a blade through their growing alliance, both Matti and Luca will have to answer the question: how many lies are you prepared to strip away, when the truth could mean losing everything you want?"-- Provided by publisher. 20241115. Swordplay Fiction. Man-man relationships Fiction. Arranged marriage Fiction. Swindlers and swindling Fiction. Extortion Fiction. Merchants Fiction. Romance fiction. Gay fiction. Queer fiction. Historical fiction. Fantasy fiction. RV8