Amy Raby

Amy Raby writes fantasy romance in which political danger and personal allegiance develop together. Spy’s Honor is the second Hearts and Thrones novel, following Assassin's Gambit and preceding Prince's Fire. The story pairs Rhianne, an imperial princess and mind mage who secretly resists her emperor's abuses, with Janto, the crown prince of an invaded country who enters the Kjallan palace as a spy. Their relationship grows under pressures produced by wartime rivalry, succession, coercive diplomacy, and competing duties to their peoples. The three Hearts and Thrones novels share a fantasy world shaped by rival nations, magic, and imperial power. Raby's approach gives both protagonists political responsibilities beyond the romance, so choices about trust have consequences for a palace and two nations. Spy’s Honor therefore works as both the middle movement of a connected series and a self-contained test of whether private loyalty can survive public deception.