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Coronets and Steel

by Sherwood Smith

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In this new fantasy series, a young woman takes her own destiny by the hand-and the hilt.

California girl Kim Murray is unsatisfied with grad school and restless in life. Modern men disappoint her, and she studies ballet and fencing because they remind her of older, more romantic times.

She lives with her parents and her beloved but secretive aristocratic grandmother, who speaks only French and refuses to share stories about the mysterious family she left behind in Europe, inspiring Kim to travel there and find her roots.

Kim soon finds herself swept up in an adventure of fantastic deceptions and passionate intrigue-and a shocking realization about her own bloodline that leaves her reeling.

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"History aficionado and champion fencer Aurelia Kim Murray investigates her taciturn grandmother's European roots and her own identity in Smith's sweeping, feminist Ruritanian romance. Kidnapped by Prince Alec Ysvorod, who mistakes her for his not-much-beloved fiancée, the slightly-too-perfect Kim is thrust into the complicated and potentially deadly politics of a small, haunted kingdom threatened equally by its neighbors as by its scheming ruling families. Smith (Inda) engages readers with humor and rapier-sharp wit, and extensive details from Central European history (right down to a 19th-century method of stamping coins) make the nation of Dobrenica terrifically real. Though readers who prefer lightning-paced books may stumble over long sections of expository conversations, a lively heroine, mysterious ghosts, and a complex and intricate plot always get the action going again.
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Aurelia Kim Murray is a California girl who wishes there were more to life. And there is. For Kim is part of a royal family from a tiny eastern European country, and soon finds herself swept up in the romance and mystery she always wanted-and more, because there's something very different about her bloodline and the magical nature of her ancestral country.

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About the Author

Sherwood Smith is the author of fantasy and Young Adult novels. She lives in Westminster, California.
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Pam in CA, January 12, 2011 (view all comments by Pam in CA)
Fantastic- can't wait for the next one in the series. This starts in Vienna and morphs to another reallity. Romance, character development, swordplay - all by a great story teller - much better than the usual. Have started to read her Inda series while wating for the next book. That series is also very well told.
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JCBunnell, October 17, 2010 (view all comments by JCBunnell)
This novel was the very best kind of surprise; light and rich at once, like the froth atop a well-made espresso drink. As in Smith's dense fantasy epics, the characters are deftly and believably nuanced, but what readers have here is a brisk modern adventure akin to Elizabeth Peters' well-loved "Vicky Bliss" series -- if Vicky were an expert swordswoman with a missing identical cousin highly placed in obscure European nobility. Heroine and narrator Kim Murray has read enough of the right books to recognize a "Prisoner of Zenda" riff when she sees it, but that doesn't stop her from getting involved in royal intrigue, seeking out the truth behind the family history her grandmother had kept secret till now...and spending quality time with ruggedly handsome men, some more roguish than others. Add a sprinkling of ghostly presences and a pocket country with the odd habit of occasionally vanishing Brigadoon-like into the mists, and what you have is cross-genre appeal with a vengeance.
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ISBN:
9780756406424
Author:
Smith, Sherwood
Publisher:
Daw Books
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Science Fiction and Fantasy-Fantasy
Edition Description:
B-Mass Market
Publication Date:
20100931
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
448
Dimensions:
9.19x6.34x1.38 in. 1.42 lbs.
Age Level:
17-17
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Product details 448 pages Daw Books - English 9780756406424 Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "History aficionado and champion fencer Aurelia Kim Murray investigates her taciturn grandmother's European roots and her own identity in Smith's sweeping, feminist Ruritanian romance. Kidnapped by Prince Alec Ysvorod, who mistakes her for his not-much-beloved fiancée, the slightly-too-perfect Kim is thrust into the complicated and potentially deadly politics of a small, haunted kingdom threatened equally by its neighbors as by its scheming ruling families. Smith (Inda) engages readers with humor and rapier-sharp wit, and extensive details from Central European history (right down to a 19th-century method of stamping coins) make the nation of Dobrenica terrifically real. Though readers who prefer lightning-paced books may stumble over long sections of expository conversations, a lively heroine, mysterious ghosts, and a complex and intricate plot always get the action going again.
(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved." Publishers Weekly (Copyright PWyxz LLC)
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Aurelia Kim Murray is a California girl who wishes there were more to life. And there is. For Kim is part of a royal family from a tiny eastern European country, and soon finds herself swept up in the romance and mystery she always wanted-and more, because there's something very different about her bloodline and the magical nature of her ancestral country.
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