They are sworn enemies, yet they form a tenuous pact to unite the commoners and former nobility against the Shadow Society. Forced to hide in the sewers beneath the city, Josse’s hope of reclaiming Paris seems impossible-until his path collides with Mirabelle’s. But when the Shadow Society assassinates the Sun King and half of the royal court, he must become the prince he was never meant to be in order to save his injured sisters and the petulant dauphin. Royal bastard Josse de Bourbon is more kitchen boy than fils de France. Mira tries to ease her guilt by brewing helpful curatives, but her hunger tonics and headache remedies cannot right past wrongs or save the dissenters her mother vows to purge. “The only cure is to finish it.” – Lyndsay Ely, author of Gunslinger GirlĪfter unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, seventeen-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother’s Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: they’re not heroes of the people, as they’ve always claimed to be, but murderers. “Thrilling, romantic, and addictive.” – Rosalyn Eves, author of Blood Rose Rebellion After unwittingly poisoning King Louis XIV, alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mothers Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: They arent the heroes theyve always claimed to be, but murderers. A teenage alchemist and a disgraced royal bastard scheme their way through a magical.

“The perfect blend of history and dark fantasy.” – Mary Taranta, author of Shimmer and Burn “Fast-paced and refreshing.” – SLJ, starred review No one looks kindly on the killer of a king.

An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley