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A lush tapestry of magic romance and revolución drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history.Ximena is the decoy Condesa a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper Atoc used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximenas motivated by her insatiable thirst for reveA lush tapestry of magic romance and revolución drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history.Ximena is the decoy Condesa a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper Atoc used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximenas motivated by her insatiable thirst for revenge and her rare ability to spin thread from moonlight.When Atoc demands the real Condesas hand in marriage its Ximenas duty to go in her stead. She relishes the chance as Illustrian spies have reported that Atocs no longer carrying his deadly relic. If Ximena can find it she can return the true aristócrata to their rightful place.She hunts for the relic using her weaving ability to hide messages in tapestries for the resistance. But when a masked vigilante a warm-hearted princess and a thoughtful healer challenge Ximena her mission becomes more complicated. There could be a way to overthrow the usurper without starting another war but only if Ximena turns her back on revenge—and her Condesa.(less)