A Vow Before the Grave

The kingdom whispers of a duke whose three wives met their end before their first anniversary, a man branded cursed or worse. Now, a disgraced noblewoman, driven by a desperate need for his forbidden archives and royal secrets, offers herself as his fourth bride. She trusts neither his innocence nor his reputation, and certainly not her heart. But on the night of their engagement, a chilling discovery in his private ledger changes everything: her name, etched beside a date—her death date. She came with a plan to unravel his secrets, but how can she outwit a fate already written in blood?

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