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In seventeenth-century Paris, Catherine Monvoisin reinvents herself as a fortune teller and sorceress and ascends to notoriety when she helps the Marquise de Montespan become the mistress of Louis XIV, leading to a dangerous and deadly rivalry with a young magician.

"In 1578 Hungary, sixteen-year-old Anna is elevated from scullery maid to chambermaid by the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth B?thory, falling completely under the Countess's spell until Anna realizes that she is not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel and murderous Elizabeth"--Provided by publisher.

"Twin sisters Iris and Malina thought they knew how to reverse the ancient curse that haunts their line, the spell that destines them to use their gleams--unique forms of beauty-manipulating magic--to entice and enchant none other than Death himself. But both sisters thought wrong."--Jacket flap.

Jasmina forbids her twins Iris and Malina to share their gleams with anyone, but "when a mysterious white-haired woman attacks their mother and leaves her hovering between life and death, the sisters unearth an ancient curse that haunts their line, a wicked bargain that masquerades as a blessing and binds the twin's fates-and hearts- to a force larger thatn life. To save each other, they must untanlge a thousand years of lies and reveal their own hurtful secrets."--Provided by publisher.