Christlit Book Awards - WINNER

Global Book Awards - WINNER

A newly crowned king. An inexperienced queen. An ancient law that shatters their lives—and their desert kingdom.

Visitors from every land and province are traveling to Toresz for the new king’s coronation. The crown princess of neighboring Censarra arrives early. A day early, in fact. Forcing her way into the dress rehearsal, she delivers shocking news: according to the arcane laws governing royal marriage and succession, the new king and crown princess are betrothed!

Solace faces a gut-wrenching choice. Should she remain in Toresz as the king’s paramour, living a life in the shadows, or strike out on her own? If she leaves, what becomes of the people who rely on her water divining skills for survival? And what becomes of the man who’s captured her heart?