Fan CastingIn the Shadow of the Sun

Her magic can save the kingdom. Will it also bring her love? It's 1661 in Paris, and magicians thrill nobles with enchanting illusions. Exiled in France, seventeen-year-old Henriette of England wishes she could use her magic to gain entry at court. Instead, she plans to hide her magical talents and accept an arranged marriage to French "Sun King", Louis XIV's younger brother, Philippe. Henriette soon realizes her fiancé prefers the company of young men to her, and court magicians turn up killed by a mysterious sorcerer who uses forbidden magic. When an accident forces Henriette to reveal her uniquely powerful gift for enchantments to King Louis, he asks for help: Henriette alone can defeat the dark magician threatening his authority and aid his own plans to build the new, enchanted seat of his power- the Palace of Versailles. -inside cover of "In the Shadow of the Sun" by Em Castellan