The Traitor’s Kiss

Erin Beaty

An obstinate girl who will not be married.A soldier desperate to prove himself.A kingdom on the brink of war."An action-packed, expertly plotted story, drenched in double crosses and intrigue, with an irresistible heroine and a sweet and sexy romance." -Publishers Weekly, starred reviewWhat makes her unfit to be a lady, makes her a brilliant spy-but can she spot another?With a sharp tongue and an unruly temper, Sage Fowler is not what they'd call a lady-which is perfectly fine with her. Deemed unfit for marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a matchmaker and tasked with wrangling other young ladies to be married off for political alliances. She spies on the girls-and on the soldiers escorting them.As the girls' military escort senses a political uprising, Sage is recruited by a handsome soldier to infiltrate the enemy ranks. The more she discovers as a spy, the less certain she becomes about whom to trust-and Sage becomes caught in a dangerous balancing act that will determine the fate of her kingdom. With secret identities and a tempestuous romance, Erin Beaty's novel, The Traitor's Kiss, is a classic story with an espionage twist.An Imprint Book"Marital and martial matters collide when brides and spies become ensnared in a treasonous plot. . . . Sage is a clever, contrary female protagonist who remains realistic and likable, while her fellow protagonist Ash is enigmatic enough to require a second read. . . . Both epic and intimate, a semi-old-fashioned alternative to the wave of inexplicably lethal superheroines and their smoldering love triangles." -Kirkus Reviews