A dazzling, romantic new fantasy series set in a mix of Elizabethan and frontier worlds from Richelle Mead, #1
internationally bestselling author of Vampire Academy.
Big and sweeping, spanning the refined palaces of Osfrid to the gold dust
and untamed forests of Adoria, The Glittering Court tells the story of
Adelaide, an Osfridian countess who poses as her servant to escape an
arranged marriage and start a new life in Adoria, the New World. But to
do that, she must join the Glittering Court.
Both a school and a
business venture, the Glittering Court is designed to transform
impoverished girls into upper-class ladies capable of arranging powerful and wealthy marriages in the New World. Adelaide naturally excels in
her training and even makes a few friends: the fiery former laundress
Tamsin and the beautiful Sirminican refugee Mira. She manages to keep
her true identity hidden from all but one: the intriguing Cedric Thorn,
son of the wealthy proprietor of the Glittering Court.
When
Adelaide discovers that Cedric is hiding a dangerous secret of his own,
together, they hatch a scheme to make the best of Adelaide’s deception.
Complications soon arise — first, as they cross the treacherous seas from
Osfrid to Adoria, and later, when Adelaide catches the attention of a
powerful governor.
But no complication will prove quite as
daunting as the potent attraction simmering between Adelaide and Cedric. An attraction that, if acted on, would scandalize the Glittering Court
and make them both outcasts in wild, vastly uncharted lands...
