Pushkin Children's Books
A new paperback edition of the darkly mesmerising YA romantasy that follows ayoung Duchess and the powerful heir determined to steal her inheritance
Chrysantha Stathos has won.
By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headedgirl, she has become a wealthy duchess. And, once her elderly husband dies, she will have all the freedom, money, and safety she's ever wanted.
Or so she thought.
A man claiming to be the estranged grandson of Chrysantha's lecherous latehusband has turned up to steal her inheritance. To make matters worse, her little sister is going to be queen and is rubbing it in her face.
Chrysantha decides that the only thing to do is upstage Alessandra at her ownwedding. And as for this grandson,
he has to go. Never mind that he's extremelyhandsome and secretive with mysterious powers... No, Chrysantha wants EryxDemos dead, and in the end, a Stathos girl always gets what she wants.