What Are The Best Karen Blixen Books To Read First?

She married him out of desperation, becoming the perfect docile wife while he treated her like dirt beneath his shoes. But everything shattered the night she overheard him mocking her with his friends-and discovered the necklace she'd cherished, her only link to the boy who once saved her life, didn't even belong to him. It was all a lie. No longer the doormat he married, she discards her fake identity and reclaims her birthright as the hidden heiress of Salvadore City. Now she's on a mission: find the necklace's true owner among his circle of friends, no matter how many hearts she has to break along the way. But her husband isn't ready to let go. Convinced she's playing games to make him jealous, he's blindsided when divorce papers land in his hands. By the time he realizes the woman he dismissed was never who he thought she was, she's already moved on-living her truth, chasing her destiny, and leaving him choking on regret. Some cages, once opened, can never be closed again.

Nomia: Rejected by my first mate because he wanted something better. He wanted a beautiful woman, with wealth, influence and connections. Not a slave who he’s purposely kept too weak to receive her wolf. To not be reminded of me he sold me at the auction. Only to be bought by another alpha to become one of his concubines. Never in my life have I had self determination. Now I have my wolf and I will fight for my freedom. I will take revenge on those who wronged me. The mate who rejected me? I will take his balls and have his head. The mate who wanted me and my wolf to submit to him? I will turn the tables and make them submit to me.

Astrid was the perfect "stand-in" wife for Jakob Carlsen—until the woman she was impersonating returned to claim her place. Branded a fraud and cast out into a winter storm, Astrid loses her marriage, her unborn child, and her memory. But the "homeless orphan" is actually the long-lost heir to the Zarvan empire. Now, backed by a powerful new family and a billion-dollar legacy, Astrid is returning to the city that broke her. Between a jealous ex-wife and a corporate office rigged for her failure, she must prove she’s more than just a pretty face. Jakob destroyed a girl in the snow, but he’s about to meet the woman who owns his future.

Miriam Feltspar does not expect to be sold to a mercenary, Ketil Haakonsson, a man who terrifies her. Still less does she expect to develop feelings for him. When Vercia is invaded by a hostile force under the command of the Masked King, her situation worsens. Has Ketil survived? If so, will he leave her to her fate? Contending with war, abduction and a heartless father can only make one stronger.

When the kingdom of Ormond is invaded, eighteen year old Princess Eithne is enslaved by the cynical conqueror, Xander of Frankia. Her innocent eyes are opened to a world of untold cruelty and depravity at the heart of which is her estranged mother, Clara Sylvain Lovell. Mourning the death of her beloved father, King Stephen, Eithne is worried about her older brother, Ephron, who has not been heard from for a while. Xander claims acquaintance with the disgraced royal heir and says he is currently in jail overseas. He swears he will try and secure his release in return for her favours. But is he to be trusted? Eithne sees another side of her sometimes brutal master when they learn that young girls are going missing all over the realm. Does this resonate with him on a far more personal level than he is letting on? And is Xander really the blackguard he seems, or will love tame the tamer?

Bound to the First Blood Elara Ashbourne is a rare hybrid born of two powerful bloodlines, a witch mother and a werewolf father. Living a quiet life in a small village with her parents and her sickly younger sister, Lyra, Elara never imagined that her fate was tied to the supernatural world's most feared ruler. When her family falls into an overwhelming debt they cannot repay, an unexpected offer arrives from the First Blood Vampire, the immortal king of all vampires. In exchange for clearing the debt, he demands Elara's hand in marriage. Desperate to protect her family and save her sister, Elara sacrifices her freedom and agrees. Thrown into a world of dark castles, ancient secrets, and deadly court politics, Elara becomes the fifth wife of a powerful vampire who seeks her not for love, but for the immense power hidden within her hybrid blood. Surrounded by his four mysterious vampire wives, each possessing unique abilities and ambitions, Elara must learn whom she can trust. As long-forgotten prophecies awaken and enemies rise from the shadows, Elara discovers that she is far more than a pawn in a political bargain. Bound by duty, tested by betrayal, and hunted for her power, she may become the key to changing the fate of vampires, werewolves, and witches forever.