The Kiss of Deception [Paperback]

The first book of theNew York Timesbestselling Remnant Chronicles.

Fantastical. USA Today

She flees on her wedding day.

She steals ancient documents from the Chancellors secret collection.

She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father.

She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan.

The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia cant abide. Like having to marry someone shes never met to secure a political alliance.

Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia escapes to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arriveand unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secretssecrets that may unravel her worldeven as she feels herself falling in love.

The Kiss of Deceptionis the first book in Mary E. Pearson'sNew York Timesbestselling young adult fantasy series Remnant Chronicles. The adventure continues in theNew York Timesbestseller,The Heart of Betrayal, and comes to an epic conclusion inThe Beauty of Darkness.

Praise forThe Kiss of Deception:

Adeeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasywhere no oneno oneis quite what they seem. . . . A thoroughly engrossing readI couldn't put it down! Robin LaFevers,New York Timesbestselling author ofGrave MercyandDark Triumph

A sumptuous fantasy. Chicago Tribune

This is the kind of story I loveaheart-pounding taleof magic and murder, betrayal and romance set in arichly imaginedfantasy landscape. Cindy Williams Chima,New York Timesbestselling author of the Seven Realms and the Heir Chroniclc