With a cost on her head, the evil Queen Sophia out for blood, and no idea who to trust, Camellia Beaureguard, the former favorite Belle, must race against time to get the ailing Princess Charlotte, who has disappeared with out a trace. Sophia’s imperial makes will minimize at nothing to keep Camille, her sister Edel, and her faithful guard, Rémy, from coming back Charlotte to the palace and her rightful place as queen.

By using an underground resistance movement called the Iron Ladies-a society that rejects beauty treatments entirely-and the backing of alternative newspaper the Spider’s Web, Camille uses her capabilities, her connections, and her cunning to outwit her greatest nemesis, Sophia, and attempt to bring back peace to Orléans. But foes lurk in probably the most unexpected locations, forcing Camille to choose the amount of she’s willing to sacrifice to save her people.