Judit has one duty: to guard the chosen one, he who will unite two warring, star-spanning houses in marriage. Simple, if she wasn’t already in love with the bride-to-be. As far as anyone knows, Annika has been raised to be the perfect bride and future matriarch. Secretly, she’s an assassin ordered to usurp the chosen one’s mind and kill anyone who gets in her way.
When the political landscape shifts, murders and abductions threaten to tear the galaxy apart. Judit and Annika race to uncover the source of the strife. It must be someone powerful and bold enough to risk throwing whole star systems into ruin, someone who could change destinies and bring two lovers together, if they survive.
Barbara Ann Wright writes fantasy and science fiction novels and short stories when not ranting on her blog.The Pyramid Waltzwas one of Tor.com's Reviewer's Choice books of 2012, was aForeword ReviewBook of the Year Award Finalist and a Goldie finalist, and won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best Lesbian Fantasy.A Kingdom Lostwas a Goldie finalist and won the 2014 Rainbow Award for Best Lesbian Fantasy Romance.