Description
"𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑...𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑." In Frantsiya, spring is eternal. The sun always shines, not a single tree withers, and that's how it has always been. Queen Ivette Soleil could never imagine that one blackened flower spelled the beginning of the end for everything she held dear. In a chance string of events, it is revealed that Frantsiya's patron goddess of spring, Vesna, is missing, meaning spring will vanish with her--and all the blame is foisted upon Ivette. Her court of nobles and her most loyal of subjects turn against her, she is betrayed by the one she loves, and the bordering nation of Ryssland bares its wintry jaws. In fact, it is Ryssland's soon-to-be tsar, Sasha Morozov, who presents himself as Ivette's unlikely savior. He offers her a deal that could either be her salvation or her undoing--but what is his real motive, and what price must Ivette pay for it? Shunned and disgraced, Ivette will do anything to be queen again, and she will do anything to save Frantsiya before spring vanishes forever, even if it means uncovering the long-forgotten affairs of the gods.
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