When a series of deadly attacks shatters the Summit’s peaceful negotiations, Gemma realizes that someone wants to tear the royals down from their thrones-and that this enemy just might succeed. Despite her best intentions, Gemma once again finds herself thrown together with Leo and battling her growing feelings for the enemy prince. Gemma knows that Maeven always has a long game in motion, and sure enough, the cunning queen invokes an arcane tradition that threatens the fragile truce between Andvari and the other kingdoms. Among the other royals in attendance is Queen Maeven Morricone of Morta and her son, Prince Leonidas-Gemma’s charming and dangerous nemesis. Luckily for Evie, her secret immunity to magic helps her escape the massacre. When her cousin Vasilia, the crown princess, assassinates her mother the queen and takes the throne by force, Evie is also attacked, along with the rest of the royal family. Gemma’s quest for answers leads her to a trade Summit between the various kingdoms. But dark forces are at work inside the palace. Gemma Ripley of Andvari is all those things-and determined to stop an enemy from using magical tearstone weapons to conquer her kingdom. Bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Gargoyle Queen epic fantasy series where magic reigns, alliances are tested, and a dangerous attraction could tear down a throne.Ĭrown princess.
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