Forced to marry the enemy prince in her sister's place

WhentheruthlessempireofAureliademandsaprincessinmarriagetosecurepeace,PrincessHeraissentacrosstheseatocompeteforthehandofaprinceshehasnevermet.AthersideishersisterAstrid,awarriorforgedinsecrecy,trainednotforcourtlygamesbutforbloodshedandstrategy.TaskedbytheirfathertoprotectHeraatallcosts,Astridentersaworldofdeception,wherealliancesarefragileandeverysmilehidesablade.ButasHerarisesthroughthebrutalcourtshiptrials,fatetakesadangerousturn,shefallsinlovewithanotherman…andcarrieshischild.Withwarloomingandscandalthreateningtodestroyeverything,theAurellianprincemakesanunexpecteddemand:Astridmusttakehersister’splace.Boundbyduty,Astridisforcedintoamarriagesheneverwanted,toamanshedoesnottrust,inanempirebuiltonconquestandgreed.NowtrappedattheheartofAurelia,shemustnavigatedeadlypolitics,protecthersister’ssecret,andsurviveahusbandwhomaybefarmorecunning,andfarmoredangerous,thansheeveranticipated.