A Dance of Lies

Vasalie Moran was once a celebrated dancer at King Illian's court, until he framed her for murder. After two years in his dungeons, she is offered a bargain: act as his spy at a six-week royal Gathering and she will go free. The alternative is a return to her cell.

At the Gathering her orders become steadily bloodier, and she is forced to betray the people around her to keep her side of the deal. Living with chronic pain that limits what her body can do, Vasalie has few options and fewer allies. When she learns that the king she serves may be working with an even greater threat close to home, she seeks help from Illian's brother, the King of the East and his most dangerous rival.

As the feud between the brothers escalates and the truth about her past comes to light, she must decide whom to trust and how far she will go to survive. A Dance of Lies is Brittney Arena's debut and the first book of The Edge of Glass duology, followed by To Dance with Death. It is a romantic fantasy of court intrigue, shifting loyalties and an enemies-to-lovers pull, for readers who like morally complicated heroines and political danger.