Butterfly swords
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"During China's infamous Tang Dynasty, a time awash with luxury yet littered with deadly intrigues and fallen royalty, betrayed Princess Ai Li flees before her wedding. Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords for defense, she enlists the reluctant protection of a blue-eyed warrior.... Battle-scarred, embittered Ryam has always held his own life at cheap value. Ai Li's innocent trust in him and honorable, stubborn nature make him desperate to protect her--which means not seducing the first woman he has ever truly wanted...."--P. [4] of cover.
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I was expecting high drama and wuxia action when I picked this book up, and I definitely got both. I also got the filial duty vs. personal desire conflict that's one of the cornerstones of a lot of Chinese literature. What I did NOT expect nor appreciate was the white male protagonist. Constantly visualizing Matt Damon instead of Andy Lau or Godfrey Gao in the romantic lead was rather disruptive to my reading enjoyment, to say the least. Hopefully the other books aren't like that.
