Star Wars - Queen's Hope

Padmé Amidala is a former queen, a sitting senator and, in secret, the wife of Anakin Skywalker. Jedi may not marry, so the marriage stays hidden. The two rarely see each other: Anakin is on the front lines of the Clone War, while Padmé works in the Galactic Senate to bring the fighting to an end.

Sabé, once Padmé's handmaiden, has gone back to Tatooine. She is trying again to free the people enslaved there. Then a summons arrives from Padmé on Coruscant, with a request that cannot wait.

Padmé must leave on a mission of the greatest importance, and no one can learn that she has gone. Only Sabé can pass as her in the Senate for a long stretch of time. Sabé says yes, and the choice sends both women down a path that tests their sense of who they are and who they are not.

This is a Star Wars novel set during the Clone War, told around two women whose friendship carries the weight of a secret. It leans on political tension and personal loyalty more than battle scenes, and the stakes are the futures of both women.