While you would be able to 'get' this book without reading the first two books, I want you to go back and read the first two books (Lily of the Nile and Song of the Nile) because I love you and want you to be happy. What I can tell you, is that this is a very fitting and very good ending to this trilogy. Unfortunately, 'Daughters of the Nile' is the final book in Stephanie Dray's Cleopatra's Daughter trilogy. Sigh, they say that all good things have to come to an end and unfortunately, that saying extends to really good book series (oh, but couldn't they go on forever, please?).

Can she find a way to overcome the threat to her marriage, her kingdom, her family, and her faith? Or will she be the last of her line? But when Augustus Caesar jealously demands that Selene’s children be given over to him to be fostered in Rome, she’s drawn back into the web of imperial plots and intrigues that she vowed to leave behind.ĭetermined and resourceful, Selene must shield her loved ones from the emperor’s wrath, all while vying with ruthless rivals like King Herod. With her husband, King Juba II and the magic of Isis that is her birthright, Selene brings prosperity and peace to a kingdom thirsty for both.

No longer the pitiful orphaned daughter of the despised Egyptian Whore, the twenty year old is now the most powerful queen in the empire, ruling over the kingdom of Mauretania-an exotic land of enchanting possibility where she intends to revive her dynasty. Based on the true story of Cleopatra’s daughter…Īfter years of abuse as the emperor’s captive in Rome, Cleopatra Selene has found a safe harbor.

Daughters of the nile stephanie dray