Kacey Ezell

Isonei. Born the bastard daughter of a tyrant king, Isonei took power to save her people from her father’s madness and ambition; however, the young queen of Zhretien must now learn to rule a world where truths are complicated, and motives are anything but clear.

Careline. Married to a king to protect her family, she is now relegated to the position of the queen’s most hated councilor. With her family’s security slipping further and further from her grasp, she must forge a new path to the power and safety she’s spent her whole life seeking.

But when palace politics spill over into Isonei’s royal heartbreak and result in a severe economic crisis for the people of Zhretien, these two women must find common ground and form an alliance to secure Isonei’s right to rule—not only her kingdom, but her thoughts, her choices… and even her very life.

Can two enemies work together, or will they forever be divided by the blood of her father?