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She was sent as a bride.
He ruled behind gloves and shadows.
Their love was never meant to bloom, until it nearly destroyed them both.
In the heart of the Crusader Kingdom, Princess Dhiéa of Leornon is forced into marriage with Baldwin IV the King of Jerusalem, feared and revered, but slowly withering from leprosy.
Dhiéa arrives with a frozen heart and fury in her soul, resisting every attempt of kindness from a husband she cannot bear to touch. Yet when illness brings her to the edge, Baldwin is the only one who stays, feeding her, tending to her, breaking her walls not with force, but with quiet devotion.