Yes, there is a goddess, but there has been and still are many different religions on Earth, so why not in Cara’s world. How pleasant to find myself getting caught up in a story that-although categorised as fantasy because the setting is a medieval otherworld-has its feet firmly planted in reality. I’m so tired of dragons and am so over the magic that characters can resort to or call upon in countless other fantasy tales. What a refreshingly different fantasy story! 'Highly recommended.' -Jack Magnus, Readers' Favorite.

Silver Medal Winner, best epic fantasy, Readers' Favorite 2016 Book Awards More than 240+ 5-star reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. Before she is able to take her place on the throne, Cara and her Twelve must visit each province and perform a sacred ceremony, one that will make Cara question everything she thought was real.Ĭara soon realizes that not all of the men who swore to protect her are what they seem, and that there are those who would use her as a tool to gain power.Ĭara's Twelve is a refreshingly different, romantic fantasy story of fair maidens and fearless warriors in a medieval land. From these men, Cara must choose the future king of Elbia.

One man from each twelve provinces are chosen by the royal council to pledge their lives and swords as champions and consorts of the future queen. When it becomes clear that the heir to the Elbian throne has found disfavor in the eyes of the goddess, Cara is ordained by blood to take her cousin's place as heir apparent. Raised in the backwater province of Crowthorne, Cara finds her fate bound to a system she despises and a goddess she no longer believes in.

Cara's Twelve by Chantel Seabrook