The Betrothed

LOVE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.

A novel filled with mystery, passion, and glamour, set against the backdrop of the “wedding of the century”: Fabiola and King Baudouin of Belgium.

A ROYAL WEDDING THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE.
A MYSTERY THAT RETURNS FROM THE PAST.

1959. King Baudouin of Belgium meets Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, the Spanish aristocrat who will soon become his wife. Meanwhile, journalist and detective Margot Sanz Peters receives a call from the police station to reopen the most complex case of her career: the enigmatic disappearance of a marquis’s daughter.

Nieves Herrero takes us deep into this investigation through the most exclusive and glamorous circles of Madrid and Paris—from Balenciaga’s atelier to the salon of a clairvoyant who knows all the secrets of high society. As Margot follows the clues, she begins to unravel a web of secrets surrounding not only the young woman’s disappearance, but also the great royal wedding itself.

Following the success of Lo que escondían sus ojos, El joyero de la reina, and Luna roja, Nieves Herrero delivers a gripping novel full of intrigue, revealing that love can be a double-edged sword.