THE MAGNOLIA SWORD by Sherry Thomas

We're getting down to business with this thrilling, romantic and sharp-edged retelling of Mulan!

Imagine if Mulan has trained all her life for one purpose, to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. When the proclamation comes demanding that all families send one soldier to fight the Rouran invaders in the north she decides to tie up her hair, take up her sword and join the army as a man.
Thanks to her martial arts skills, Mulan is chosen for an elite team under the command of the princeling, the royal duke's son, to whom she feels a dangerous attraction. But the princeling has secrets of his own, which explode into Mulan's life and shake up everything she knows. As they cross the Great Wall to face the enemy beyond, Mulan and the princeling must find a way to unwind their past, unmask a traitor and uncover the plans for the invasion... before it's too late.

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