Behooved

DEBUT Bianca and Aric arrive at their wedding as reluctant enemies, each believing that the other’s country has coerced them into this abrupt union. They find they’re both wrong when an assassin sneaks into the royal bedchamber, and chaos ensues. When Bianca attempts to defend Aric (who doesn’t know the pommel of the sword from the pointy end) with a magical charm, he turns into a big white horse, and they gallop out the window. Now they’re both fugitives, while Aric’s enemies connive at his throne. Bianca has been groomed to believe that her chronic illness makes her weak and incapable, but with her husband a horse by day and an assassin’s target by night, all they can do is hang on for the ride as they race toward the one person who might be able to help—and fall for each other along the way.