FROM THE AUTHOR OF MASK OF SHADOWSCOMES THE DARK AND INTRICATE STORY OF A GIRL WHO MUST TETHER HERSELF TO A VIOLENT RULER TO SAVE HER CRUMBLING WORLD.

 But society dictates a noble lady cannot perform such gruesome work.

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Annette Boucher, overlooked and overworked by her family, wants more from life than her humble beginnings and is desperate to be trained in magic. So when a strange noble girl offers Annette the chance of a lifetime, she accepts.

Emilie and Annette swap lives—Annette attends finishing school as a noble lady to be trained in the ways of divination, while Emilie enrolls to be a physician’s assistant, using her natural magical talent to save lives.

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But when their nation instigates a frivolous war, Emilie and Annette must work together to help the rebellion end a war that is based on lies.