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Princess Josetta of one of the Five Families lives far from the throne, working among the city’s poorest residents. In the slums she encounters Rafe Adova, an outcast gambler whose only ambition has been to cheat at card tables. After Rafe rescues a princess named Corene—Josetta’s sister—from harm, the two girls bond over their shared royal heritage. Rafe and Josetta, who has never met someone without elemental blessings, find a connection that grows stronger when he is wounded by foreign mercenaries and she nurses him back to health. Together they discover that Rafe’s mysterious past is the key to a perilous truth that endangers both their love and their lives. This thriller, romance, and fantasy story is the second book in Sharon Shinn’s Elemental Blessings series, following the acclaimed *Troubled Waters*.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Sharon Shinn
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