"Gossip Girl meets Katharine McGee’s American Royals" (SLJ) in this story filled with
“romantic tension royal drama and family secrets” (Kristy Boyce) where four teens living in
a glamorous boarding school must compete to inherit a European kingdom. For fifty years
King Leander Eldana has ruled Ashland without naming an heir to the crown. After sending away
his grandchildren to be raised out of the public eye it’s finally time to secure his nation’s
future by appointing one definitive heir. The best way to appraise his successor? In the halls
of Almus Terra Academy a boarding school infamous for breeding the world’s next generation of
leaders—and liars. Titus Eldana has always known he’d inherit Ashland’s future. Now he must
prove he has what it takes. Alaric Eldana was not raised with a silver spoon. His secondhand
clothes might not be fit for a king but he knows how to rule: with his fist. Emmeline Eldana
only wants to please her neglectful parents. If that means securing the crown she won’t
hesitate to destroy anyone in her way. Sadie Aurelia has no idea why she’s been given a
chance to bring new blood to the throne. With nothing left to lose back home she’s ready to
take it. Filled with competition secret alliances enemies-to-lovers romance and cunning
revenge Royal Heirs Academy is a breathless entertaining read set in modern-day. This
gossip-filled school for the global elite is inspired by UWC of the Atlantic which Vanity Fair
has described as "Hippie Hogwarts."
