Poison is a Woman's Weapon: Empress Irini Series, Volume 2

In the ruthless world of 8th-century Constantinople, where alliances shift like the tides and betrayal lurks behind every gilded door, Irini of Athens fights to secure her place as Empress of the Byzantine Empire. But power comes at a deadly cost.

Surrounded by enemies within her own palace-her scheming mother-in-law, five treacherous step-brothers, and a husband who sees her as a threat-Irini knows that survival is not guaranteed. With childbirth looming, she summons the only person she can...