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"I offered you my crown. I offered you my life. Take the years left to me and graft them onto his..."
Two years ago, Mary, Queen of Scots, married Francis, King of France, for power, for love, for peace. Today, she tore the laws of heaven apart to save his life. Francis is back, his blue eyes open and breathing, but the court they return to is no longer safe.
Shadows are moving through the Louvre. Prince Charles is hiding a scandalous secret that could topple the succession; the rogue Sebastian is elevated to a Prince of the Blood to protect a shattered marriage; and enemies are watching from the dark, waiting to expose the deep, agonizing traumas Mary has fought so hard to bury.
When a horrific act of malice leaves the throne room painted in blood, the magical toll of Francis's life finally demands payment. The future of France is stolen in a single, devastating night, leaving Mary and Francis clinging to each other in the wreckage of a broken dream.
Can love survive when it is built on a foundation of ghosts and blood debts? Or will the crown destroy them both?
Long may she reign.