Some battles aren't fought with swords—they're fought between duty and desire.
Coralin Callens has served the God of Paladins her entire adult life—as a priestess, a mystic, and a knight. She has never doubted her calling. She has never doubted her God.
She has, however, spent fifteen years trying very hard not to think about Athos.
When the Royal Marshal of Vin-Nórë rides into her life for the first time since childhood, he brings with him a war, a prophecy, and a recurring dream he cannot explain. Prince Athos Mirac has given everything to his kingdom—its coastline, its peace, and very nearly its heir apparent. What the war hasn't taken are his dreams of a divine sword buried in darkness he cannot reach, and feelings for the woman riding out to meet him that no amount of "sister" will explain away.
Neither of them can see what the God they serve already knows: that the dream, the war, the prophecy—and the love they have never spoken aloud—may all be the same thing.
Duty, honor, and a king's blessing hang in the balance. An enemy has already marked Coralin as the easier target to kill. And still, the pull between them only grows—through a reunion at the gates of Par-Isen, a midnight confession neither of them means to make, and a declaration that costs them almost everything honor required.
For readers of Paladin's Grace, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, and Serpent & Dove.
What God Has Ordained is a story about love, faith, and honor—and the terrifying moment when you discover that God's plan for your life is precisely what you would have chosen, if only you had dared.
