Queen Charlotte

In September 1761, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a German princess, meets King George III of Britain for the first time and marries him within hours. She is headstrong, clever and beautiful, which is not what the British Court had in mind for the young King's wife.

George is hiding secrets serious enough to threaten the monarchy itself. Charlotte arrives in a foreign court with no preparation for its politics. She has to learn how it works while protecting her own feelings, because she is falling in love with a husband who keeps pushing her away.

The book is a historical romance set inside a royal marriage, with court intrigue running alongside the love story. The central tension is between two people who are bound together by law and divided by what one of them will not say. The emotional pull comes from that distance.

Charlotte's role grows beyond that of a wife. She is given real power to reshape society, and the subjects who look to her for guidance depend on how she uses it. She fights for herself, for George and for those subjects, and the book follows her as she grows into the position of Queen.