At its founding Galadria's first queen's clumsiness gave birth to a legend that would shatter her kingdom. Queen Eleanor the Great founded a dynasty which would fulfill such a legend.
Several centuries later Galadria's king gave his daughter a mask she was forbidden to remove, then promised her to the king of the realm which rose from Eleanor's legendary schism.
When the orphan Elara travels from her distant villiage to teh nation's capital she discovers the reason teh Masked Princess is masked--she shares her face with an orphan from the edges of Galadria.
Elara and her twin, Wilha, travel to Kyrencia to fulfill the treaty and prevent outright war, but the two young women discover they are no longer willing to be helpless pawns in their own lives. Elara and Wilha have a chance to take on new identities and discover their hearts' desires, and their own destinies.
This new princess story is a quick read for young adults, challenging the idea of every girl's fairy tale dream. Political intrigue and romance lace the journey both Wilha and Elara take from Galadria's traditional center to the up-and-coming Kyrencia's vibrant capital.
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