Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Dystopia
Series: The Lone City (#1)
Publication: September 2nd, 2014
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
The Jewel means wealth. The Jewel means beauty. The Jewel means royalty. But for girls like Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Not just any kind of servitude. Violet, born and raised in the Marsh, has been trained as a surrogate for the royalty—because in the Jewel the only thing more important than opulence is offspring.
Purchased at the surrogacy auction by the Duchess of the Lake and greeted with a slap to the face, Violet (now known only as #197) quickly learns of the brutal truths that lie beneath the Jewel’s glittering facade: the cruelty, backstabbing, and hidden violence that have become the royal way of life.
Violet must accept the ugly realities of her existence... and try to stay alive. But then a forbidden romance erupts between Violet and a handsome gentleman hired as a companion to the Duchess’s petulant niece. Though his presence makes life in the Jewel a bit brighter, the consequences of their illicit relationship will cost them both more than they bargained for.
Purchased at the surrogacy auction by the Duchess of the Lake and greeted with a slap to the face, Violet (now known only as #197) quickly learns of the brutal truths that lie beneath the Jewel’s glittering facade: the cruelty, backstabbing, and hidden violence that have become the royal way of life.
Violet must accept the ugly realities of her existence... and try to stay alive. But then a forbidden romance erupts between Violet and a handsome gentleman hired as a companion to the Duchess’s petulant niece. Though his presence makes life in the Jewel a bit brighter, the consequences of their illicit relationship will cost them both more than they bargained for.
Amy was born and raised in a small suburb outside of Boston. Being the daughter and granddaughter of librarians, books played a central role in her childhood, though the idea of becoming a writer never occurred to her until later in life. Eventually, landed a job as a sales representative for a wine distributor. When the economy crashed, she found herself facing an extended period of time on unemployment. She'd always toyed around with the idea of writing a young adult fantasy book, and now she had nothing but time. So she wrote a book. And it changed her life.
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