Synopses & Reviews
From the author of the Mask of Shadows duology comes a standalone fantasy where two young women must trade lives, work together to stay alive, and end a war caused by magic and greed.
Emilie des Marais is more at home holding scalpels than embroidery needles and is desperate to escape her noble roots to serve her country as a physician. But society dictates a noble lady cannot perform such gruesome work.
Annette Boucher, overlooked and overworked by her family, wants more from life than her humble beginnings and is desperate to be trained in magic. So when a strange noble girl offers Annette the chance of a lifetime, she accepts.
Emilie and Annette swap lives — Annette attends finishing school as a noble lady to be trained in the ways of divination, while Emilie enrolls to be a physician's assistant, using her natural magical talent to save lives.
But when their nation instigates a terrible war, Emilie and Annette come together to help the rebellion unearth the truth before it's too late.
Review
"[A] provocative fantasy...[Miller's] protagonists' awareness of privilege and desire to challenge the status quo shines through. LGBTQ representation-including gay, trans, and nonbinary characters (Annette identifies as asexual biromantic)-further widens this tale's appeal." Publishers Weekly
Review
"A bursting-at-the-seams stand-alone empowerment story." Kirkus Reviews
Review
"Hand to any lover of magic, rebellion, secrets, and self-discovery." Booklist
About the Author
A wayward biologist from Arkansas, Linsey previously worked as a crime lab intern, neuroscience lab assistant, and pharmacy technician. She is also the author of Mask of Shadows and can be found writing about science and magic anywhere there's coffee. Visit her online at linseymiller.com.