Once they were inseparable, just two little girls playing
games in a mighty castle. Now Princess Marie-Victoria, heir
to the mightiest empire in the world, and Aelwyn Myrddyn, a
bastard mage, face vastly different futures.
Quiet and gentle, Marie has never lived up to the ambitions
of her mother, Queen Eleanor the Second. With the help of
her Merlin, Eleanor has maintained a stranglehold on the
world's only source of magic. While the enchanters
faithfully serve the crown, the sun will never set on the
Franco-British Empire.
As the annual London Season begins, the great and noble
families across the globe flaunt their wealth and magic at
parties, teas, and, of course, the lavish Bal du Drap d'Or,
the Ball of the Gold Cloth.
But the talk of the season is Ronan Astor, a social-climbing
American with only her dazzling beauty to recommend her.
Ronan is determined to make a good match to save her
family's position. But when she falls for a handsome rogue
on the voyage over, her lofty plans are imperiled by her
desires.
Meanwhile, Isabelle of Orleans, daughter of the displaced
French royal family, finds herself cast aside by Leopold,
heir to the Prussian crown, in favor of a political marriage
to Marie-Victoria. Isabelle arrives in the city bent on
reclaiming what is hers. But Marie doesn't even want
Leopold-she has lost her heart to a boy the future queen
would never be allowed to marry.
When Marie comes to Aelwyn, desperate to escape a life
without love, the girls form a perilous plan that endangers
not only the entire kingdom but the fate of the monarchy
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