Nina the Starry Bride

Nina is taken off the streets because she looks exactly like a deceased priestess-princess – a stroke of luck or a new curse? Honored with the Kodansha Manga Award, this fantasy shōjo manga offers a tapestry of palace intrigue and dangerous romance, perfect for fans of The Ancient Magus' Bride, The Apothecary Diaries, and Snow White with the Red Hair.

As an orphan, Nina has fought hard to survive, until she is kidnapped for her extraordinary lapis-lazuli-blue eyes. To her surprise, her abductor, Prince Azure, decrees that from now on she shall lead the life of a princess – specifically that of the recently deceased priestess-princess Alisha, who had the same eyes. Despite her sudden change in fortune, Nina clings to her old life. Azure is the first to seem her intellectual equal, but how far can she trust him? And can she ignore the growing feelings in her heart when she is destined to marry someone else?