The Girl Who Would Be Queen

In January 1342, King Robert the Wise dies. Ruler of one of the largest, wealthiest and most sophisticated kingdoms in Europe, he has named as his sole heir his sixteen-year-old granddaughter, Joanna, or, if she dies without issue, her thirteen-year-old sister Maria. Born in a male-dominated world in the passionate south of Italy, and surrounded by ambitious male cousins with an equal claim to the crown, will these sisters be able to maintain control over their kingdom? With only their wits, beauty, and the love of their people to aid them, Joanna and Maria, bound together by their strong love and fierce rivalry, are prepared to do anything to hold onto their beloved Kingdom.