Heart Readers — Kristine Kathryn Rusch

A TWIN CURSE -- OR A KINGDOM'S HOPE?

Long had the King's line been cursed by fate with one prince too many. In each generation, twin boys were born, heirs to a throne only one could hold. But King Pardu decreed that when the time was right, he would abide by the old magic, would call in heart readers, magic-bonded pairs who could see into a person's very soul and read the nature of his or her heart. But the King could not foresee the future, a future in which his cruel, ambitious chief advisor would try to coerce the heart readers into championing the prince he was certain he could make his puppet. And only time would tell whether the heart readers could triumph over fear, the lust for vengeance, and an all too personal betrayal to read the true path for king and kingdom....