The Heretic Queen: Heiress of Misfortune, Pharaohs Beloved

In this stunning novel of passion, power, and redemption, a forgotten princess in ancient Egypt must overcome her familys past and remake historyfrom the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Maria.Morans careful attention to detail and her artful storytelling bring these people to vivid life, imbuing ancient history with suspense and urgency.The Boston GlobeThe winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynastys royal familywith the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girls deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names. But this changes when she is taken under the wing of the Pharoahs aunt, then brought to the temple of Hathor, where she is educated in a manner befitting a future queen.Soon Nefertari catches the eye of the Crown Prince, and despite her familys history, they fall in love and wish to marry. Yet all of Egypt opposes this union between the rising star of a new dynasty and the fading star of an old, heretical one. While political adversity sets the country on edge, Nefertari becomes the wife of Ramses the Great. Destined to be the most powerful Pharoah in Egypt, he is also the man who must confront the most famous exodus in history.