The Rose Bargain

The Rose Bargain

Author: Sasha Peyton Smith Listening Length: 10h 30m

London, 1848—For four hundred years, England has been under the control of an immortal fae queen who tricked her way onto the throne. To maintain an illusion of benevolence, Queen Mor grants each of her subjects one opportunity to bargain for their deepest desire. As Ivy Benton prepares to make her debut, she knows th...

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It isn’t raining on the day of the wedding, which is a miracle in and of itself.

My mother, Lydia, and I are picked up midmorning by a palace carriage and taken to Caledonia Cottage, where we will dress for the wedding. “Isn’t rain supposed to be lucky?”

I ask, slumped against the velvet seat.

“How much luckier could you get?”