Nina was plucked off the streets because she resembled a dead priestess--but is this a lucky break, or a new kind of curse? Winner of the Kodansha Manga Award, this fantasy shojo manga features intertwining constellations of palace intrigue and perilous romance, for fans of Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess...specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won''t give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?

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RIKACHI debuted in 2004. Nina the Starry Bride is Rikachi's first series to be published in English.

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"In order to save Azure's life, Nina, the girl with lapis lazuli-colored eyes, goes to Galgada disguised as a princess to be married. She grows close to Galgada's Prince Sett, who doesn't know love, and decides to spend her life with him, but then Azure arrives disguised as a messenger from Fortna! After her lady-in-waiting Hikami attempts to poison Sett, Nina is sent to Griffigeld Prison! When the warden attempts to kill her, Azure arrives just in the nick of time! But Sett finds out about Nina's deceptions and attacks her in order to end everything once and for all. When Nina learns of Sett's despair and realizes her own sin, she tries to fulfill her promise to him...but the price paid for it is beyond her wildest imagination!"--