Belle Rvolte [Hardcover]

<p><strong>From the author of the Mask of Shadows duology comes this fast-paced YA fantasy, where two young women must trade lives, work together to stay alive, and end a war caused by magic and greed </strong></p><p>Emilie des Marais is more at home holding scalpels than embroidery needles and is desperate to escape her noble roots to serve her country as a physician. But society dictates a noble lady cannot perform such gruesome work.</p><p>Annette Boucher, overlooked and overworked by her family, wants more from life than her humble beginnings and is desperate to be trained in magic. So when a strange noble girl offers Annette the chance of a lifetime, she accepts.</p><p>Emilie and Annette swap lives—Annette attends finishing school as a noble lady to be trained in the ways of divination, while Emilie enrolls to be a physician's assistant, using her natural magical talent to save lives.</p><p>But when their nation instigates a terrible war, Emilie and Annette come together to help the rebellion unearth the truth before it's too late.</p><p><strong><em>Belle R?volte</em></strong><strong>is "a welcome twist on the tropes of sword and sorcery novels" (School Library Journal), perfect for readers looking for:</strong></p><ul><li>tween and teen LGBTQ+ books</li><li>high fantasy with asexual and aromantic representation </li><li>lesbian and gay fairy tales</li><li>books with trans and non-binary characters</li></ul><p><strong>Praise for Belle R?volte:</strong></p><p>"A bursting-at-the-seams stand-alone <strong>empowerment story</strong>."—<em>Kirkus Reviews</em><br>"Hand to any lover of <strong>magic, rebellion, secrets, and self-discovery</strong>."—<em>Booklist</em><br>"Fast-paced fantasy with a pair of <strong>determined female protlc5