A young woman is both a bard--and a warrior--in this thrilling historical fantasy from the author of the Sevenwaters novels.Eighteen-year-old Liobhan is a powerful singer and an expert whistle player. Her brother has a voice to melt the hardest heart, and a rare talent on the harp. But Liobhan's burning ambition is to join the elite warrior band on Swan Island. She and her brother train there to compete for places, and find themselves joining a mission while still candidates. Their unusual blend of skills makes them ideal for this particular job, which requires going undercover as traveling minstrels. For Swan Island trains both warriors and spies.Their mission: to find and retrieve a precious harp, an ancient symbol of kingship, which has gone mysteriously missing. If the instrument is not played at the upcoming coronation, the candidate will not be accepted and the people could revolt. Faced with plotting courtiers and tight-lipped druids, an insightful storyteller, and a boorish Crown Prince, Liobhan soon realizes an Otherworld power may be meddling in the affairs of the kingdom. When ambition clashes with conscience, Liobhan must make a bold decision and is faced with a heartbreaking choice. . . .

Music is magic in this novel set in a fantastical version of New Orleans where a battle for the city's soul brews between two young mages, a vengeful wraith, and one powerful song. Nola is a city full of wonders. A place of sky trolleys and dead cabs, where haints dance the night away and Wise Women help keep the order. To those from Away, Nola might seem strange. To Perilous Graves, it’s simply home. In a world of everyday miracles, Perry might not have a talent for magic, but he does know Nola’s rhythm as intimately as his own heartbeat. So when the city’s Great Magician starts appearing in odd places and essential songs are forgotten, Perry realizes trouble is afoot. Nine songs of power have escaped from the piano that maintains the city’s beat, and without them, Nola will fail. Unwilling to watch his home be destroyed, Perry will sacrifice everything to save it. But a storm is brewing, and the Haint of All Haints is awake. Nola’s time might be coming to an end.

To honor her sixteenth birthday, Crown Princess Estelle Bourbon invites sixteen of the world’s best and brightest to her home for the opportunity to win her affection over the course of thirty-two weeks. She isn’t thrilled about her prospective suitors, or, really, the possibility of becoming queen, but as her family’s sole heir, she faces her destiny with a grim acceptance. Julian Hanover is the Crown Prince of Estelle’s neighbor to the south. His intelligence is matched only by his ambition, and a marriage with the Midland Princess would make the most sense from a political standpoint. One problem, he doesn’t like Estelle, and she doesn’t care for him, either. Carter Braganza is heir to a kingdom north of Estelle’s. His friendly, laid-back attitude and charisma can put a room at ease in an instant, and, better still, he and Estelle actually get along. But his heart isn’t in the contest—instead, a certain Lowland Prince has caught his eye. As the competition progresses and tensions rise to the point of all-out violence, each contestant must decide where their loyalties lie, and just how far they are willing to go to earn Estelle’s hand in marriage.

To honor her sixteenth birthday, Crown Princess Estelle Bourbon invites sixteen of the world’s best and brightest to her home for the opportunity to win her affection over the course of thirty-two weeks. She isn’t thrilled about her prospective suitors, or, really, the possibility of becoming queen, but as her family’s sole heir, she faces her destiny with a grim acceptance. Julian Hanover is the Crown Prince of Estelle’s neighbor to the south. His intelligence is matched only by his ambition, and a marriage with the Midland Princess would make the most sense from a political standpoint. One problem, he doesn’t like Estelle, and she doesn’t care for him, either. Carter Braganza is heir to a kingdom north of Estelle’s. His friendly, laid-back attitude and charisma can put a room at ease in an instant, and, better still, he and Estelle actually get along. But his heart isn’t in the contest—instead, a certain Lowland Prince has caught his eye. As the competition progresses and tensions rise to the point of all-out violence, each contestant must decide where their loyalties lie, and just how far they are willing to go to earn Estelle’s hand in marriage.

To honor her sixteenth birthday, Crown Princess Estelle Bourbon invites sixteen of the world’s best and brightest to her home for the opportunity to win her affection over the course of thirty-two weeks. She isn’t thrilled about her prospective suitors, or, really, the possibility of becoming queen, but as her family’s sole heir, she faces her destiny with a grim acceptance. Julian Hanover is the Crown Prince of Estelle’s neighbor to the south. His intelligence is matched only by his ambition, and a marriage with the Midland Princess would make the most sense from a political standpoint. One problem, he doesn’t like Estelle, and she doesn’t care for him, either. Carter Braganza is heir to a kingdom north of Estelle’s. His friendly, laid-back attitude and charisma can put a room at ease in an instant, and, better still, he and Estelle actually get along. But his heart isn’t in the contest—instead, a certain Lowland Prince has caught his eye. As the competition progresses and tensions rise to the point of all-out violence, each contestant must decide where their loyalties lie, and just how far they are willing to go to earn Estelle’s hand in marriage.