Avan’s land is dying. A washerwoman with a serious attitude problem, her future is bleak. When the capital commandeers those in her village who can grow food with tribal magic, she leaves with them, hoping for a better life. Or at least a constant supply of food. She doesn’t expect to become the greatest ruler the country has ever known. Queen Avan is set two hundred years before the events of The Flawed Princess and can be read before, after or independently.

When Avan left her sleepy village for the capital, saving her country, gaining the heart of a prince, and then getting captured by savages wasn't exactly what she'd had in mind. Now she finds herself in a new world of unknown rules, dangerous friendships and many secrets. But the real threats come from unexpected places and soon everyone she loves is at risk. Can a simple washerwoman learn what she is capable of in time to save them all?

Avan and Cedric are running for their lives with a group of misfit savages. Only they know the truth behind the recent murders and kidnappings and that the culprit lies right in the heart of the capital. They must untangle decades of corruption and rid the country of its most powerful leaders or watch their people starve. After their previous decisions got their friends killed, can they both learn to trust themselves?