Published by Diversion
Books
on Barnes & Noble
In this
dazzling first book in the EMPRESS CHRONICLES series by the
author of THE
MOMENT BEFORE, one courageous girl seeks keys to the past to
unlock the future…
When city girl Liz is banished to a
rural goat farm on the outskirts of Portland, the
15-year-old feels her life spiraling out of control. She can’t
connect to her father or his young girlfriend, and past trauma adds to her
sense of upheaval. The only person who seems to keep her sane is a
troubled boy who is fighting his own demons. But all of this changes
in one historical instant.
*
One-hundred fifty years earlier, Elisabeth of Bavaria has troubles
of her own. Her childhood is coming to a crashing end, and her
destiny is written in the form of a soothsaying locket that has the ability to
predict true love. But evil is afoot in the form of a wicked
enchantress who connives to wield the power of the locket for her own
destructive ends.
*
When Liz finds a timeworn diary, and within it a locket, she
discovers the secrets and desires of the young Bavarian princess who will one
day grow up to be the legendary Empress of Austria. It is in the pages
of the diary that these two heroines will meet, and it is through their
interwoven story that Liz will discover she has the power to rewrite
history—including her own…
Readers of books like Rachel Harris’s MY SUPER
SWEET SIXTEENTH CENTURY will love THE EMPRESS CHRONICLES
Suzy Vitello is a proud founding member of a critique group
recently dubbed The Hottest Writing Group in
Portland, and her short stories have won fellowships and prizes (including the
Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Award, and an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship).
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