The Queen Trials Series by Penelope Wright

What happens when The Hunger Games meets The Selection?I never wanted to join the Queen Trials.But I’m not a victim and never have been. When a peacekeeper attacks me in a mine shaft, I fight back and win.Sort of. Because I made a mistake. I let him live.He knows my name. He’ll come after me and he’ll kill the only person I love, my sweet, clueless brother Shellor. Nobody escapes from Locality Fourteen... moreWhat happens when The Hunger Games meets The Selection?I never wanted to join the Queen Trials.But I’m not a victim and never have been. When a peacekeeper attacks me in a mine shaft, I fight back and win.Sort of. Because I made a mistake. I let him live.He knows my name. He’ll come after me and he’ll kill the only person I love, my sweet, clueless brother Shellor. Nobody escapes from Locality Fourteen. There was only one way out that would protect us both: enter the Queen Trials and become a star.Now, I’m plunged into a competition with dozens of gorgeous women from all over the kingdom. My fame shelters my brother. My beauty protects me. Or is it my luck? Every woman in the arena wants to capture King Ergondy’s attention, but he only has eyes for me. How long will it be before my luck runs out?I never wanted to join The Queen Trials.Now, I must win them. less

Against enormous odds, Clio Fathom has advanced to the next round of The Queen Trials, along with dozens of other women and girls... some of whom are already making plans to kill her.But first comes The Wishing Round, where three winners will receive the ultimate prize: the chance to make one wish, which King Ergondy is bound by duty to grant... whether he wants to or not.But not everyone is allowed to play in The Wishing Round, and those that do will learn.... be careful what you you wish for... moreAgainst enormous odds, Clio Fathom has advanced to the next round of The Queen Trials, along with dozens of other women and girls... some of whom are already making plans to kill her.But first comes The Wishing Round, where three winners will receive the ultimate prize: the chance to make one wish, which King Ergondy is bound by duty to grant... whether he wants to or not.But not everyone is allowed to play in The Wishing Round, and those that do will learn.... be careful what you you wish for.It just might come true. less

Thrown into the Wishing Well, Clio must find three keys while fighting to stay alive in a nine-square grid of fear. Whether she wins or loses the round, her wish will be read aloud. Clio knows that when King Ergondy learns what she wished for, if she holds three keys, her wish will have to be granted. But she also knows that if she loses, a swift execution will be the most merciful outcome she could receive. And King Ergondy is not known for his mercy.

All Princess Clio has wanted since she joined The Queen Trials was to find a way out of the competition before the killing round began. But when King Ergondy grants her wish, Clio learns more about The Forever War than she bargained for.With this new knowledge that she shouldn't have, can she live with herself if she leaves The Trials?Either way, the Rotunda wants her dead.

Clio has learned a horrible truth. Now, what will she do with the knowledge? She has always planned to escape The Queen Trials ahead of the killing round. She doesn't want to be a queen, she just wants to survive.But if she chooses survival, can she live with herself? Clio has always been destined for more. She just didn't know how much she would be asked to give.

It's halfway through the Top Twenty, and Princess Clio has successfully faked her own death. What will she discover as she moves unseen through the mall, waiting for her chance reenter the Trials at the beginning of The Top Ten?And when she does reveal she survived what the Rotunda thought was an excruciating death, is there something even more sinister in store for her?Nothing is as it seems, and all that glitters is not gold...

As the final round in The Queen Trials begins, Clio has run out of people to trust. What happens when the field is narrowed to the final six princesses who will become queens?

Clio has everything she needs to end King Ergondy's reign forever... except the opportunity. Now she's fighting to stay on top as King Ergondy uses a "glistening powder shortage" and an intensified Forever War to justify changing all the rules. Clio knows that if the king dismisses her, she'll never go home. Instead she'll live the rest of her life in the dungeons, feeding his insatiable appetite with her powerful feelings... moreClio has everything she needs to end King Ergondy's reign forever... except the opportunity. Now she's fighting to stay on top as King Ergondy uses a "glistening powder shortage" and an intensified Forever War to justify changing all the rules. Clio knows that if the king dismisses her, she'll never go home. Instead she'll live the rest of her life in the dungeons, feeding his insatiable appetite with her powerful feelings. Clio must survive to the bitter end, and even then, that might not be enough. less