Held Hostage in the Rebel Leader's Tent (Two Books Later)

Shangguan Yuan spent seventeen carefree years as the daughter of a commandery governor. She was breathtakingly beautiful, like a celestial maiden, and she'd only just reached marriageable age when the matchmakers were already wearing down the threshold of her home.

Then disaster struck.

Rebel forces marched into the city, and her father, trying to save himself, offered her up and sent her into the rebel leader's camp as a hostage.

Shangguan Yuan thought she was only being held temporarily. But her father resorted to trickery: after reaching an alliance with the rebel general Wei Che, he promptly switched sides, fled to join another faction, and abandoned his daughter completely.

That night, the furious Wei Che stripped Shangguan Yuan naked and lashed her once.

She had fallen from heaven into hell. Everyone believed that a pampered official's daughter, despised by Wei Che, wouldn't survive more than a few days in the army camp.

But she survived.

She did everything she could to cling to the only lifeline before her, tenacious and unyielding.

Everyone guessed Wei Che had kept her only because he could trade her for the city and soldiers belonging to her fiance.

But when the moment came, Wei Che broke the agreement first.

He gave up the chance to enter the city without a fight and chose to lead his troops in a fierce siege instead.

His military strategist was baffled, and Wei Che despised himself all the more.

He refused to admit that he had fallen for a woman.

No one knew how, through countless nights and days in the camp, the enchanting woman had bared her charms and wooed him, slowly wearing down his resolve until he was completely bewitched and addicted to her.

Wei Che had been humbled, but Shangguan Yuan hadn't given him her heart.

In a time of turmoil, a woman has no one to rely on. Since she is too weak to protect herself, she might as well command the strongest man to do her bidding.

Later, she could make Wei Che do anything she wanted, except make him loosen his hold around her waist.

*A tale of a great warlord who willingly bows to love. Happy ending.

*Both leads are sexually inexperienced. Don't be put off by the blurb: this is a sweet romance with no angst for the female lead. Read with confidence.

Theme: Survival.