Marishel has her entire life figured out.

Right now, she works as a seamstress in the Needles, a dark corner of the dwarf planet she resides on, but soon, so soon, she’s going to break free of the cold days and run away to the warm heat lamps of the Farmlands.

That is, until she’s selected to complete in The Blood Match–a fight to the death for  Ambassador Quin’s hand in marriage. Marishel is swept away into the world of dresses and trainings and subterfuge. If she can’t find away to stop ...