![]() Her “brooding noble” is less brooding and more preoccupied with the traditional soldier’s mistrust of the navy and with his own estate issues. Set in the aftermath of a fictionalized version of the first Napoleonic war, it’s full of comfortable tropes that Neill twists into something more complex. The Bright and Breaking Sea acts as an effective shot across the bow to introduce Chloe Neill’s latest series. ![]() The exiled emperor’s plans could alter the very face of magic and endanger the Isles in the process. Because there are worse things afoot than a simple kidnapping. But if Kit and her new compatriot are to be successful in their mission, they must trust one another. As a foundling tasked with making her own way in the world, Kit is mistrustful of the nobility, and as a former soldier whose friend’s life is in danger, Grant is suspicious of Kit’s magical abilities. The two instantly dislike and distrust one another. She is to rescue a captured spy for the queen, and she’s to do it with the unlikeliest of accomplices: Colonel Rian Grant, the viscount of Queenscliffe. And after a successful sting on a smuggling operation produces a coded message from Gerard, the exiled emperor of Gallia, the queen has a new mission for Kit. ![]() ![]() ![]() A captain in the Crown Command, she serves Queen Charlotte of the Isles’ interests directly. Captain Kit Brightling is Aligned to the sea, and she is more than just the queen’s messenger. ![]()
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