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With the dangerous erratic Princess Sophia imprisoned Queen Charlotte decides to invoke the ancient tradition of The Beauty Trialsa series of harrowing tests meant to find the one true ruler of Orleans Edel who has always aspired to be more than just a Belle decides to enter and after promising to bind her arcana to keep from having an unnatural advantage joins a few dozen other hopefuls intent on becoming the next Queen of Orleans

But the trials are far worse than any of them bargained for As the women are put through dangerous tasks meant to test their strength confidence composure and bravery many perish and Edel is mysteriously attacked by one of the other competitorsforcing her to use her powers just to survive Will her subterfuge cost her the crown or is there a larger conspiracy at play

New York Times bestselling author Dhonielle Clayton is back with an allnew Belles story teeming with highstakes court intrigue and danger disguised by beauty