Lia was born a princess—but raised as nobody. Selina was born nobody—but raised to inherit Valeria's crown. When Lia is brought back to the palace at eighteen, the King hides the devastating truth by announcing the two unrelated young women as twin sisters. Selina is ordered to turn the knife-wielding outsider into a proper royal, while Lia must share the rooms, lessons, and public life of the woman raised in her place. Rivalry soon gives way to a dangerous attraction, but Chancellor Aldric Crowne has more to lose than their reputations. He engineered the infant exchange, built Selina into a future queen he could control, and now intends to make Lia disappear for good. After two near-fatal "accidents" and one betrayal born of blackmail, Lia and Selina join forces, following burned records, a vanished midwife, and an old guard's testimony back to the night of the palace fire. To defeat Aldric, they must expose the royal lie, surrender one crown, and decide whether their love is worth scandalizing an entire kingdom.
