The Betrothed

In the fictional kingdom of Coroa, Lady Hollis Brite has grown up at the royal court alongside the other daughters of the nobility, all hoping to catch the eye of young King Jameson. When he singles her out and declares his love, Hollis is shocked and delighted.

But she comes from a family of modest standing, and as she is drawn into palace politics she begins to wonder whether she is ready to be a queen. Then the Eastoffes, an exiled family from neighbouring Isolte, are given shelter at court, and Hollis finds herself drawn to their eldest son, Silas.

Her closest friend Delia Grace, shunned at court because of her birth, watches as Hollis is pulled between a crown she was offered and a future she might actually want. The first book of Kiera Cass's Betrothed duology is a royal romance with a love triangle, court intrigue and tension between two rival countries, for readers who loved The Selection.