From the New York Times bestselling author of Where the Dark Stands Still comes an atmospheric
fantasy based on Swan Lake following Odile as her plan to restore magic to her kingdom gets
disrupted by a murder—forcing her to beg for help from the young woman whose identity she
stole. Can two girls—one enchanted one the enchantress—save their kingdom and each other?
Two hundred years ago a slighted deity stole the magic from Auréal and vanished without a
trace. But seventeen-year-old Odile has a plan. All her life her father a vengeful sorcerer
has raised her for one singular task: infiltrate the royal palace and steal the king’s crown
an artefact with enough power to restore magic. But to enter the palace she must assume the
identity of a noblewoman. She chooses Marie d’Odette: famed for her beauty a rumored candidate
for future queen…and Odile’s childhood-friend-turned-sworn-enemy. With her father’s help
Odile transforms Marie into a swan and takes her place at court. But when the king is brutally
murdered and her own brother is accused her plans are thrown into chaos. Desperate to free her
brother Odile is forced to team up with none other than elegant infuriating Marie the girl
she has cursed…and the girl she can’t seem to stop thinking about despite her best efforts.
To make matters worse there are whispers that the king’s murder was not at the hands of man
but beast. Torn between loyalty to her father and her growing feelings for Marie Odile becomes
tangled in a web of treachery and deceit. To save her kingdom she must find the true path to
magic…and find the real killer before they—or it —strikes again.
