| Bridgerton meets Handmaid’s Tale |

Kristin Hetzel’s debut novel, A Royal Deception, is set in a future world where society is divided along biologic lines: those who can conceive children and those who cannot. It features an 18-year-old who, to secure her own freedom, must provide an heir to a Royal family; and in doing so, learns the truth about the Royal parents who gave her up when she was a baby.

The novel is pitched as Bridgerton meets Handmaid’s Tale.