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Two enemy kingdoms are forced to work together to break a curse in this lush YA fantasy, featuring a transgender prince and a bigender dama/assassin in the lead roles.. Keep your enemy closer.. Cade McKenna is a transgender prince who's doubling for his brother.Valencia Palafox is a young dama attending the future queen of Eliana.Gael Palma is the infamous boy assassin Cade has vowed to protect.Patrick McKenna is the reluctant heir to a kingdom, and the prince Gael has vowed to destroy.. Cade doesn't know that Gael and Valencia are the same person.Valencia doesn't know that every time she thinks she's fighting Patrick, she's fighting Cade.And when Cade and Valencia blame each other for a devastating enchantment that takes both their families, neither of them realizes that they have far more dangerous enemies.
About the Author
Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) grew up hearing la llorona in the Santa Ana winds. Anna-Marie is the author of THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS, a finalist for the 2016 William C. Morris Debut Award; 2017 Stonewall Honor Book WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature and was the winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award; WILD BEAUTY, a Kirkus Best Book of 2017; BLANCA & ROJA, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice; DARK AND DEEPEST RED, a Winter 2020 Indie Next List title; the THE MIRROR SEASON, which was also longlisted for the National Book Award; LAKELORE, a Junior Library Guild Selection; and the forthcoming SELF-MADE BOYS: A GREAT GATSBY REMIX.Find them online at annamariemclemore.com, or on Twitter @LaAnnaMarie.
