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When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.

"With King Pugsly's do-nothing heir, Mac, now on the throne, problems are building for both the kingdom and Benjamin Biggs. Mac's owner, Jessica Howell, the Watermelon Queen, has gone missing and Benjamin believes Farangis's mysterious mother is behind her disappearance. There are worse things, however, than snakes out there. Mac's defiant brother Jonah has gotten himself trapped inside the giant python due to a hair-brained scheme to win the throne....

"In this conclusion to the Three Dark Crowns series, three sisters will rise to fight as the secrets of Fennbirn's history are laid bare. Allegiances will shift. Bonds will be tested. But the fate of the magical island lies in the hands of its queens. It always has"--|c Provided by publisher.

Fatima lives in the city of Noor, on the Silk Road, which is currently protected by the Ifrit, djinn of order and reason, from attacks by the violent and ruthless Shayateen djinn--but Fatima was infused with the fire of the Ifrit who died saving her when she was four years old, and when one of the most important Ifrit dies she finds herself drawn into the intrigues of the court, the affairs of the djinn, and the very real dangers of a magical battlefield....

As Ruby tells everyone about her invitation to tea with the Queen, family and friends remind her about how she should conduct herself.

"Sixteen-year-old Elli was chosen as the heir to a queen who wields powerful ice and fire magic. But when the queen dies, the magic doesn't enter Elli and she uncovers devastating new information about the magic, and those who wield it"--