The Black Queen

When Ellis Dantreon's father ordered her to become a soldier, she became the only female at the war college. Now she's graduated and has taken her place guarding the king. But the country's Seers are still predicting a terrible possibility-that she might end up marrying the Duke of Perisen, Anton Marisi. And if she does, she probably won't live long. Nor will her brother, Prince Kerris.

Ellis is baffled by the prediction. She's never even spoken to the man. She certainly has no intention of ...