New Release: Palace of Lies (The Palace Chronicles) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

(US/UK Links)

Palace of Lies (The Palace Chronicles) by Margaret Peterson Haddix is released this week in the US and UK. See Palace of Lies (Palace Chronicles) (UK Link). This is the third book set in this world, not technically a series but companion novels. The book appears to draw some inspiration from The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

Book description:

Desmia discovers the reality of royalty is far from a fairy tale in this third adventure set in the Cinderella-esque world of Just Ella and Palace of Mirrors, from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix.

Desmia and her twelve sister-princesses are ruling Suala together at last, a united front. The kingdom seems to have finally gotten its happily ever after, but Desmia, trained by a lifetime of palace intrigue, is not so sure. She desperately wants to believe all is well, but she can’t help seeing danger around every corner.

And then the unthinkable happens, and Desmia’s worst fears are confirmed. Now, without the support of the sister-princesses she’s grown to rely on or the trappings of royalty that have always convinced people to listen to her, Desmia must find the courage to seek out the truth on her own terms—and to determine the course of two kingdoms.