**A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER **
The Selection meets Reign in this dazzling trilogy of interwoven
novels about three girls on a quest for freedom and true love from #1
internationally bestselling author Richelle Mead.
Brilliant and original, Mead's new series starts off with a bang and
will leave readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.
--School Library Journal
For a select group of girls, the Glittering Court offers a shot at a
life they've only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure.
To high-born Adelaide, whose wealthy family is forcing her into a
loveless marriage, the Glittering Court represents something else: the
chance to chart her own destiny, and adventure in an unspoiled,
prosperous new land across the sea.
After a chance meeting with the dazzling Cedric Thorn, Adelaide poses as
a servant to join the crop of impoverished girls he promises to
transform into proper ladies. But her familiarity with upper class life
comes with a price: she must hide her identity from her new friends,
mysterious refugee Mira and fiery former laundress Tamsin, and most
importantly, from Cedric himself--even though she's falling in love with
him.
Everything begins to crumble when Cedric discovers Adelaide's ruse, and
she catches the eye of a powerful young governor, who wants her for a
wife. She didn't leave the gilded cage of her old life behind just to
become someone else's property. But nothing is as daunting--or as
wonderful--as the potent, forbidden attraction simmering between
Adelaide and Cedric. One that, if acted on, would make them both
outcasts in a wild, dangerous, uncharted world, and possibly lead them
to their deaths.
