the ring and the crown by melissa de la cruz

Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens including The Au Pairs series, the Blue Bloods series, the Ashleys series, the Angels on Sunset Boulevard series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat.

In the end, there is only rule that matters in Eleanor's court: trust no one.

But the court intrigue and hunger for power in Lenoran England run deeper than anyone could imagine. And Aelwyn will get what she's always dreamed of-the chance to rule. Aelwyn will take on Marie's face, allowing the princess to escape with Gill and live the quiet life she's always wanted. Together, Marie and Aelwyn, a powerful magician in her own right, come up with a plan. But Marie has always loved Gill, her childhood friend and soldier of the Queen's Guard. The two kingdoms must unite to end the war, and the only solution is a match between Marie and Prince Leopold VII, heir to the Prussian throne. The princess must marry and produce an heir or the Empire will be vulnerable to its greatest enemy, Prussia. She rules the most powerful empire the world has ever seen.īut even with the aid of Emrys' magic, Eleanor's extended lifespan is nearing its end. With the help of her Head Merlin, Emrys, Eleanor has maintained her stranglehold on the world's only source of magic. Quiet and gentle, Marie has never lived up to the ambitions of her mother, Queen Eleanor the Second, Supreme Ruler of the Franco-British Empire. Princess Marie-Victoria, heir to the Lily Throne, and Aelwyn Myrddn, bastard daughter of the Mage of England, grew up together.

The ring and the crown by melissa de la cruz