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The Traitor Queen
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.1 · 230 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
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An exiled traitor queen returns to a hostile court to rescue her captured king husband and reclaim her conquered kingdom, navigating shifting allegiances and palace entrapment. Her mission is complicated by the fact that the man she's fighting to free is the same husband she betrayed, making him her greatest adversary even as she strives to win him back. Driven by revenge, loyalty, and a desperate choice between kingdom, husband, and self, Lara's arc hinges on reconciling love and treason amid the intrigue of crowns and bridges.
Reading order
Book 2 of 7 in The Bridge Kingdom — see the full reading order →
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- Betrayal: “A queen now in exile as a traitor” source
- Court Intrigue: “enemies and allies switching sides in the fight for crowns, kingdoms, and bridges” source
- Epic Saga: “the second novel of the heart-pounding Bridge Kingdom series” source
- Quest: “Risking her life on the Tempest Seas, Lara returns to Ithicana with a plan not only to free its king but to liberate the Bridge Kingdom” source
- Revenge Plot: “An epic, action-packed tale of love, revenge, and betrayal.” source
- Strong Heroine: “one woman fights to win back her throne, her people” source
- Angst: “With everything she loves in jeopardy, Lara must decide who—and what—she is fighting for: her kingdom, her husband, or herself.” source
- Enemies to Lovers: “her greatest adversary of all might be the man she's trying to free—the husband she betrayed” source
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