She was raised to be beautiful, nothing more. And then the rules changed . . .
In icy Dasnaria, rival realm to the Twelve Kingdoms, a womanโs role is to give pleasure, produce heirs, and question nothing. But a plot to overthrow the emperor depends on the fate of his eldest daughter. And the treachery at its heart will change more than one carefully limited life . . .
THE GILDED CAGE Princess Jenna has been raised in supreme luxuryโand ignorance. Within the sweet-scented, golden confines of the palace seraglio, sheโs never seen the sun, or a man, or even learned her numbers. But sheโs been schooled enough in the paths to a womanโs power. When her betrothal is announced, sheโs ready to begin the machinations that her mother promises will take Jenna from ornament to queen.
But the man named as Jennaโs husband is no innocent to be cozened or prince to charm. Heโs a monster in human form, and the horrors of life under his thumb are clear within moments of her wedding vows. If Jenna is to live, she must somehow break freeโand for one born to a soft prison, the way to cold, hard freedom will be a dangerous path indeedโฆ
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