Split or Swallow
This book isn’t safe to read at work. And honestly, the less you know about it before reading... the better!
1. KISS OF THE BASILISK by Lindsay Straube
SYNOPSIS
Twenty-year-old Temperance Verus has never been kissed. But that’s what the basilisk is for.
Along with thirteen other contestants, Tem must train with a basilisk to learn the power of seduction and win the prince’s hand in marriage. When Tem is matched with Caspen, the Serpent King, she realizes she might actually stand a chance.
But with tensions rising between the basilisks and the humans, Tem is torn in two directions. As her bond with Caspen deepens, so does her connection with the prince. And when she uncovers a terrible secret about the royal family, Tem finds herself caught between two worlds... neither of which she can survive without.
2. BETWEEN TWO KINGS by Lindsay Straube
SYNOPSIS
Tem never thought she’d fall in love. But now she's caught between the Serpent King and the newly crowned human king... And the war that is brewing between the basilisks and the humans.
Tem led a simple life on the family chicken farm, but now, her eyes had been opened—to love, to lust, to the pull of power, gold, obligation, and the violence of greed and war.
When Tem embraced her basilisk half and crested Leo, she thought she’d set him free. Though it nearly broke her, now he could find his first love again, and she could be happy with Caspen.
But love is complicated. As much as Tem embraces her serpent side, rules and loopholes keep her beholden to Leo... despite her marriage to Caspen. And Tem and Leo’s desire continues to smoulder... desire that could set the entire kingdom on fire.
