The Glittering Court
By: Richelle Mead
Series: Glittering Court
Publisher: Razor Bill, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781595148414
Subjects: Family secrets; Young adult fiction; Arranged marriage; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; Runaway women; Fantasy fiction; Interpersonal relations in adolescence; Nobility
Description: For a select group of girls, the Glittering Court offers a shot at a life they&#x2019;ve only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. To high-born Adelaide, whose wealthy family is forcing her into a loveless marriage, the Glittering Court represents something else: the chance to chart her own destiny, and adventure in an unspoiled, prosperous new land across the sea.

After a chance meeting with the dazzling Cedric Thorn, Adelaide poses as a servant to join the crop of impoverished girls he promises to transform into proper ladies. But her familiarity with upper class life comes with a price: she must hide her identity from her new friends, mysterious refugee Mira and fiery former laundress Tamsin, and most importantly, from Cedric himself&#x2014;even though she&#x2019;s falling in love with him.

Everything begins to crumble when Cedric discovers Adelaide&#x2019;s ruse, and she catches the eye of a powerful young governor, who wants her for a wife. She didn&#x2019;t leave the gilded cage of her old life behind just to become someone else's property. But nothing is as daunting&#x2014;or as wonderful&#x2014;as the potent, forbidden attraction simmering between Adelaide and Cedric. One that, if acted on, would make them both outcasts in a wild, dangerous, uncharted world, and possibly lead them to their deaths.