* A novel where a woman in love with a king (mostly for his wisdom?), and she begs him to let her join his court. Noticing her talents, he sends her on various missions - some of which seem Abadarian in how they help trade; others of which are exhorting people about a rather-Iomedaeian religion - which she does very well while sadly deciding her love is futile. Finally, as they're both going on a diplomatic mission together, a peasant happens to mention her obvious romantic feelings in the king's hearing. He's shocked but not averse since he's grown to admire her; she's shocked that it could be returned; the book ends with their wedding.

(Readers might notice that there's no mention in the novel of sex or magic or gods aside from this Iomedae-lookalike, we only get vague ideas of each character's appearance, and this kingdom appears to have no army nor bandits.)

* A novel where a man who's ended up in an alternate timeline (where he was never born) finds the alternate-timeline version of his wife, tells her the story, and proposes they affirm or reaffirm marriage. The novel focuses on their debate about the ethics of vows taken by alternate-universe versions of yourself, her growing feelings toward him, and his gradual realization that she's changed from his original-universe wife but he loves her anyway. Eventually, having tentatively concluded the marriage vows from the other timeline aren't in force between them, they decide to get married. In a subplot, he attempts to reproduce and publish some of his original timeline's historical research, hampered by the fact that he doesn't remember it that well.

(Both characters explicitly agree in the ethical debate that sex shouldn't happen unless they're clearly married, and it doesn't. Also, governments are barely mentioned, and we have only vague ideas of each character's appearance aside from their hair.)

* A novel where a woman in love with a king (mostly for his wisdom?), and she begs him to let her join his court. Noticing her talents, he sends her on various missions - some of which seem Abadarian in how they help trade; others of which are exhorting people about a rather-Iomedaeian religion - which she does very well while sadly deciding her love is futile. Finally, as they're both going on a diplomatic mission together, a peasant happens to mention her obvious romantic feelings in the king's hearing. He's shocked but not averse since he's grown to admire her; she's shocked that it could be returned; the book ends with their wedding.

(Readers might notice that there's no mention in the novel of sex or magic or gods aside from this Iomedae-lookalike, we only get vague ideas of each character's appearance, and this kingdom appears to have no army nor bandits.)

* A novel where a man who's ended up in an alternate timeline (where he was never born) finds the alternate-timeline version of his wife, tells her the story, and proposes they affirm or reaffirm marriage. The novel focuses on their debate about the ethics of vows taken by alternate-universe versions of yourself, her growing feelings toward him, and his gradual realization that she's changed from his original-universe wife but he loves her anyway. Eventually, having tentatively concluded the marriage vows from the other timeline aren't in force between them, they decide to get married. In a subplot, he attempts to reproduce and publish some of his original timeline's historical research, hampered by the fact that he doesn't remember it that well.

(Both characters explicitly agree in the ethical debate that sex shouldn't happen unless they're clearly married, and it doesn't. Also, governments are barely mentioned, and we have only vague ideas of each character's appearance aside from their hair.)

* A novel where a woman in love with a king (mostly for his wisdom?), and she begs him to let her join his court. Noticing her talents, he sends her on various missions - some of which seem Abadarian in how they help trade; others of which are exhorting people about a rather-Iomedaeian religion - which she does very well while sadly deciding her love is futile. Finally, as they're both going on a diplomatic mission together, a peasant happens to mention her obvious romantic feelings in the king's hearing. He's shocked but not averse since he's grown to admire her; she's shocked that it could be returned; the book ends with their wedding.

(Readers might notice that there's no mention in the novel of sex or magic or gods aside from this Iomedae-lookalike, we only get vague ideas of each character's appearance, and this kingdom appears to have no army nor bandits.)

* A novel where a man who's ended up in an alternate timeline (where he was never born) finds the alternate-timeline version of his wife, tells her the story, and proposes they affirm or reaffirm marriage. The novel focuses on their debate about the ethics of vows taken by alternate-universe versions of yourself, her growing feelings toward him, and his gradual realization that she's changed from his original-universe wife but he loves her anyway. Eventually, having tentatively concluded the marriage vows from the other timeline aren't in force between them, they decide to get married. In a subplot, he attempts to reproduce and publish some of his original timeline's historical research, hampered by the fact that he doesn't remember it that well.

(Both characters explicitly agree in the ethical debate that sex shouldn't happen unless they're clearly married, and it doesn't. Also, governments are barely mentioned, and we have only vague ideas of each character's appearance aside from their hair.)