Elera's Marriage
Auctioned off like livestock by her cruel stepmother, Elara faces a forced marriage to the vile Lord Ashford, a man whose reputation for brutality precedes him. Desperate and alone, her....
Auctioned off like livestock by her cruel stepmother, Elara faces a forced marriage to the vile Lord Ashford, a man whose reputation for brutality precedes him. Desperate and alone, her only solace comes from a mysterious palace guard, Kael, whose kind eyes offer a fleeting moment of understanding amidst her humiliation. But when Kael reveals a shocking secret – he is the disguised crown prince, searching for a true love – Elara's world is irrevocably altered. He offers her an escape, a chance at a life she never dared to dream of, but their fragile hope is threatened when Lord Ashford, drunk and enraged, comes searching for his promised bride. Can a hidden prince save the woman he barely knows from a fate worse than death, or will Elara's desperate gamble expose them both to unimaginable danger?