The Fallen Author's Heart in the Land of Love

AkiraTsukiharawasaromanceauthorwhodespisedlove.Thoughshewrotebest-sellingnovelsfilledwithidealisticromance,sheharborednothingbutcontemptforthegenreandthereaderswhoadoredit.Love,inhereyes,wasalie—anillusionthatblindedpeoplefromthetrueforcesoftheworld:power,betrayal,andambition.Onenight,inafitoffrustration,shecursedloveitself...andwokeuptrappedinsideoneofherownstories.RebornasAira,anamelesspeasantgirlintheKingdomofSeraphis—aworldshehadmeticulouslycrafted—Akiraquicklyrealizesthatreincarnationisn’tthefantasydreamshehadwrittenabout.Sheisn’tanoble,aprincess,oraheroineblessedwithbeautyandpower.Sheisanobody.Acommoner,strugglingtosurviveintheharshrealitiesofthemedievalworldshehadoncedesignedasamerebackdropforhergrandromances.AsAira,shefacesstarvation,endlesslabor,andthecrushingweightofinsignificance.ButAkirawasneveronetoacceptfate.Ifshecouldn’tescapethisworld,shewouldrewritethestoryonherownterms.Shewouldcarvehernameintohistory—notasthelovestruckheroineofaclichéromance,butasthemastermindwhowouldbendtheworldtoherwill.Inalandruledbynoblebloodlinesandpoliticalschemes,wheretheromancetropessheonceloathedplayoutbeforehereyes,Airasetshersightsononegoal:destroyingtheveryidealsoflovethathadimprisonedherinthiswretchedworld.Evenifitmeansbecomingthevillainofherownstory.