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The Traitor's Ruin is the second novel in the Traitor's Trilogy.","products":[{"product_id":"the-traitors-ruin-paperback","title":"The Traitor's Ruin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor's Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e, Book 2 of the thrilling young adult Traitor's Trilogy by Erin Beaty, war breaks out between nations and Sage Fowler must infiltrate enemy territory to reconnect with her first love, Captain Alex Quinn.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA captain with a secret.\u003cbr\u003eA spy with a mission.\u003cbr\u003eA kingdom on the verge of ruin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter proving her worth as a deft spy and strategic matchmaker, Sage Fowler is now comfortably positioned in high society as the royal tutor. When she learns of a secret mission, she jumps at the chance to serve her kingdom once more--and to be reunited with her fiancé, Captain Alex Quinn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, Sage's headstrong insistence clashes with Alex's gruff military exterior. And after a skirmish with a bordering kingdom, they're separated when tragedy strikes. Now in enemy territory, Sage desperately scrambles to complete Alex's reconnaissance mission. 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But her newfound power might be the only thing that can save her and those she loves from becoming the murderer's next victims . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of slow burn romance, unexpected twists, and electrifying suspense, Erin Beaty's \u003ci\u003eBlood and Moonlight \u003c\/i\u003ekicks off a captivating new duology set in a world of moonlit magic and mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon't miss the epic conclusion to Catrin and Simon's story in \u003ci\u003eSilence and Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLooking for more romantic fantasy? 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Deemed unfit for marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a matchmaker and tasked with wrangling other young ladies to be married off for political alliances. She spies on the girls--and on the soldiers escorting them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the girls' military escort senses a political uprising, Sage is recruited by a handsome soldier to infiltrate the enemy ranks. The more she discovers as a spy, the less certain she becomes about whom to trust--and Sage becomes caught in a dangerous balancing act that will determine the fate of her kingdom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith secret identities and a tempestuous romance, Erin Beaty's novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor's Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e, is a classic story with an espionage twist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Imprint Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eMarital and martial matters collide when brides and spies become ensnared in a treasonous plot\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . 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To avoid raising suspicion, they pretend to be a married couple, but don't expect to keep up the ruse for long. Until a ruthless council of magical leaders at the local Selenae university discover Catrin's forbidden \"marriage\" to an outsider and threaten to erase Simon's memories to protect their secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTerrified to lose each other, Catrin and Simon take desperate steps to keep him safe, like playing the parts of husband and wife for longer than they had anticipated. But when a string of mutilated bodies turns up in the woods outside the city, and Simon is recruited to profile the killer, Catrin is pulled back into a world of murder, mayhem, and magic . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of Kerri Maniscalco, Mary E. 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