Sam McManus

The King's Regret Sam McManus

It was easy to look back and realize all the things she had missed while they were happening, Penelope told herself, but it wasn't comforting in the least. As the queen in waiting, Penelope finds herself always... waiting. Waiting for the fullness of her powers, when she doesn't have to do everything her kingly father says, when she can speak for herself and no one can challenge what she says. But, as a new day dawns for Arydia, she is still waiting. But she's also planning her next moves, like a great chess player, several moves ahead. She just has to hope they aren't still too late to make a difference. As a new handmaid, Whitney has more responsibilities, more access to the royal family, and by extension, their secrets. They trust her to keep what she has come to learn under wraps, but can she be trusted, when all this new knowledge can do so much for her in the long term? As she learns more about herself, and the girl becomes a woman, she will have more decisions to make that are consequential to life at the castle, but more importantly, to the entire kingdom of Arydia. Can these two women from different worlds come together to stave off impending war, or will they play second fiddle to a king who has no regrets?