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The Glittering Court

byRichelle Mead

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy Romance Late Bloomer Romances Life-Rediscovery Journeys Unconventional Family Sagas

Topics Family secretsYoung adult fictionArranged marriageJuvenile fictionFictionRunaway womenFantasy fictionInterpersonal relations in adolescenceNobilitynyt:young-adult-hardcover=2016-04-24New York Times bestsellerChildren's fictionMarriage, fictionInterpersonal relations, fiction

MoodHopeful, Romantic

For a select group of girls, the Glittering Court offers a shot at a life they’ve only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. To high-born Adelaide, whose wealthy family is forcing her into a loveless marriage, the Glittering Court represents something else: the chance to chart her own destiny, and adventure in an unspoiled, prosperous new land across the sea. After a chance meeting with the dazzling Cedric Thorn, Adelaide poses as a servant to join the crop of impoverished girls he promises to transform into proper ladies. But her familiarity with upper class life comes with a price: she must hide her identity from her new friends, mysterious refugee Mira and fiery former laundress Tamsin, and most importantly, from Cedric himself—even though she’s falling in love with him. Everything begins to crumble when Cedric discovers Adelaide’s ruse, and she catches the eye of a powerful young governor, who wants her for a wife. She didn’t leave the gilded cage of her old life behind just to become someone else's property. But nothing is as daunting—or as wonderful—as the potent, forbidden attraction simmering between Adelaide and Cedric. One that, if acted on, would make them both outcasts in a wild, dangerous, uncharted world, and possibly lead them to their deaths.

Language

Published on

01/01/2016

Pages

400

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

9781595148414

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