The Kingdom of Little Wounds Unabridged edition

It is while I stitch together the Queen?s gown, on the night her eldest daughter is to die, that I first sense an uneasy power. On the eve of Princess Sophia?s wedding, the Scandinavian city of Skyggehavn prepares to fete the occasion with a sumptuous display of riches. Yet beneath the veneer of celebration, a shiver of darkness creeps through the palace halls. A mysterious illness plagues the royal family, threatening the lives of the throne?s heirs, and a courtier?s wolfish hunger for the king?s favors sets a devious plot in motion. Here in the palace at Skyggehavn, things are seldom as they seem ? and when a single errant prick of a needle sets off a series of events that will alter the course of history, the fates of seamstress Ava Bingen and mute nursemaid Midi Sorte become irrevocably intertwined. As they navigate a tangled web of palace intrigue, power-lust, and deception, Ava and Midi must carve out their own survival any way they can.