The Winter Duke

by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Paperback

Someone wants to help her.

Someone wants to use her. 

And someone wants to kill her. 

Ekata longs to leave the frozen dukedom of Kylma Above, and once her brother is named heir, she'll be able to escape her murderous family. But just as freedom is finally within reach, her parents and twelve siblings fall victim to a strange sleeping sickness, and no one can find a cure. Ekata inherits the title of duke, her brother's captivating warrior bride, an ambassadorship to an underwater shadow kingdom that has fascinated her all her life, and challenges from without - and within - her ministry. Nothing has prepared her for diplomacy, for war, for love...or for a crown she has never wanted. If Ekata is to survive in Kylma Above, she must quickly decide how to wield her family's magic and power in this enchanted tale of political intrigue.