Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noble Lies | 2012 | Stephanie Andrassy | Buy |
Noble Lies, published in 2012, predates the Home series and represents a different side of Andrassy’s writing. The story centers on a marriage arranged at birth by the church according to the alignment of stars at the time of the bride’s birth. When the two parties finally meet just days before the wedding, one of them wants no part of it, and what follows is a story about love developing slowly under constraint, against a backdrop of corruption, deception, and competing loyalties.
At over 800 pages, the book makes room for the kind of layered plotting and gradual emotional development that shorter romance novels rarely accommodate. The setting is detailed, with formal dress, candlelit interiors, and horse-drawn transport, and the world-building is consistent with a light fantasy register rather than a fully secondary world.
Readers who appreciate romance fiction that takes its time and gives weight to the obstacles between characters tend to respond well to Noble Lies. It functions as a complete standalone story with no sequel or continuation.