Her father wisely kept their country out of the squabbles and in the years since the war started, her home country grew rich with trade. Even at a young age she knew he married her because of her connections to Istok. The time had finally come for her value to be placed on the table. She sat and pushed her dinner plate away with disgust. It’ll give me something to look forward to while I practice my half-stitch.” “I want the exact number of deaths we must reach to determine this cause is folly. I want the number.” She pressed her index finger against the map. Inform High Lord Edgar that I want the number.” Each day I sit in this room while my husband fights a war that drags on and continues killing our soldiers. However, you will deliver a message from me, captain.

You have, after all, the utmost respect for my house. “Apology accepted,” she said and raked him over in disapproval. But to presume I would take advice on state matters from you is insulting.” “Captain, your job is to deliver news of the front.

He was a large man, and she was small even for a woman. She moved slowly as she stood and faced the captain. His words filled Almira with sudden anger, but she controlled and subdued it. “My lady, forgive me, but shouldn’t you let your father decide that?” But she was damn tired of sitting like a protected porcelain plate, while the world crumbled. She’d never challenged a messenger as such.

Sit with King Alton and negotiate,” she said with a steady voice. My father will not risk Istokian lives because my husband has a vendetta against a king that toys with our Suidian forces. Your native country hasn’t been plagued with war like we have. “Men will never be ready for women like us and it is not our job to ready them.” Queen & Conqueror is the first book in an epic feminist fantasy series told from the perspective of the women who rule and shape the future. These warrior women have one purpose to protect the queen at all costs. The people must admire a queen and welcome her with open arms even when she arrives with a deadly armada behind her. The spare heir who killed his brother for the throne. She lays out the players one by one like pieces on a board. Since childhood, she’s prepared for this moment.

How does one conquer a kingdom without spilling blood? You offer your hand in marriage to the king who killed your husband.Īlmira’s father raised her in political cunning. Queen and Conqueror (The Queen’s Guard #1) Read on for more details about Queen and Conqueror by Isabelle Olmo! I think this could be author’s grocery list and I would still buy it just for the cover! Thankfully, there’s a amazing story beneath it. By KellyATX BOOK BLITZ, Isabelle Olmo, Queen and Conqueror, R&R Book Tours

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