Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2015 · Young Adult · Nominee
About This Book
Escaping from the brutality of an arranged marriage, seventeen-year-old Ismae finds sanctuary at the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must be willing to take the lives of others.
Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany, where she must pose as mistress to the darkly mysterious Gavriel Duval, who has fallen under a cloud of suspicion. Once there, she finds herself woefully underprepared—not only for the deadly games of love and intrigue, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death's vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?
Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany, where she must pose as mistress to the darkly mysterious Gavriel Duval, who has fallen under a cloud of suspicion. Once there, she finds herself woefully underprepared—not only for the deadly games of love and intrigue, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death's vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?
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Green Mountain Book Award
2015 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2015 · Senior/Grades 10-12 · Nominee
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2014 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Iowa High School Book Award
2014 · Young Adult · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2014 · Young Adult · Nominee
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
2013 · Young Adult · Honor Book
Indies Choice Book Award
2013 · Young Adult · Honor Book
Tayshas Reading
2013 · Young Adult · Commended
Rita Award
2013 · Young Adult Romance · Finalist
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