The final installment in Richelle Mead's sweeping, enthralling
Glittering Court series answers the trilogy's biggest question: what is
the secret that drives Tamsin to win at all costs?
Tamsin Wright is unstoppable. She must become the Glittering Court's
diamond: the girl with the highest test scores, the most glamorous
wardrobe, and the greatest opportunities to match with an elite suitor
in the New World. Training alongside other girls in the Glittering
Court, Tamsin immerses herself completely in lessons about etiquette,
history, and music--everything a high-society wife would need to know.
Once she's married, she'll be able to afford a better life for her
family, so the sacrifice is worth it if she can be the best.
When her friendship with Mira and Adelaide, her roommates at the
Glittering Court, threatens her status as the top-ranked prospect, she
does the only thing she knows will keep her on track: she cuts them out
of her life. But when her voyage across the sea goes off course, Tamsin
must use her unrelenting grit and determination to survive the harsh
winter far north of her intended destination in hopes of making it back
to the Glittering Court in time to secure a proposal--and a comfortable
future for her family.
Experiencing new cultures and beliefs for the first time, Tamsin
realizes that her careful studies haven't prepared her for everything,
and with new alliances formed with roguish tradesman Jago Robinson and
good-natured minister Gideon Stewart, Tamsin's heart begins to be pulled
in different directions. But she can't let her brewing attraction get in
the way of her ultimate goal: protecting the secret she holds closest to
her heart, the one that would unravel everything she's worked for if
it's uncovered.
