Freedom under pressure
Mira enters the Glittering Court to earn her marriage-contract price and secure freedom, while others may expect her to marry for wealth or status.
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Richelle Mead - Author
This is a romantic fantasy about a displaced young woman pursuing financial freedom while navigating a marriage system, covert investigations and a brewing rebellion. Mira’s resourcefulness and moral independence drive the story, alongside danger, social pressure and attraction.
Mira is not like the other Glittering Court girls. She is a war refugee, cast out of her home country and thrust into another, where she has learned to fight against the may injustices around her. For some, the Glittering Court offers a chance at a life they've only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. But for Mira, it's simply a means to an end. In the new world, she plans to earn off her marriage contract price and finally be free. Mira pitches herself as an asset to one of the passengers on board the ship: the sardonic and aloof Grant Elliot, whom she's discovered is a spy for the prestigious McGraw Agency--and her ticket to buying her freedom. His cover blown, Grant has little choice but to take her on. Mira applies herself by day, learning the etiquette and customs that will help to earn her anonymity. By night, she dons a mask and slips into the city, fighting injustice and corruption on her own terms--and impressing Grant with her extraordinary abilities and insights into a brewing rebellion. But the rebellion isn't all they're fighting... Neither of them can ignore the attraction burning between them--an attraction so powerful, it threatens to unravel everything Mira's worked so hard for. With freedom finally within her grasp, can Mira risk it all for love? *Midnight Jewel* is the second book of the Glittering Court series, the first of which is *The Glittering Court*.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a romantic fantasy about a displaced young woman pursuing financial freedom while navigating a marriage system, covert investigations and a brewing rebellion. Mira’s resourcefulness and moral independence drive the story, alongside danger, social pressure and attraction.
Mira enters the Glittering Court to earn her marriage-contract price and secure freedom, while others may expect her to marry for wealth or status.
Mira works secretly at night, investigates injustice and corruption, and develops insights into a brewing rebellion with Grant.
Consider whether the combination of war displacement, persecution, a potentially forced marriage, masked night-time activity, a possible hanging if Mira’s plan is exposed and a brewing rebellion suits the reader’s current interests and tolerance for peril.
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