Eirenelle, a kingdom where crowns are forged from secrets and soft-spoken sins. Princess Sylvia Eirenelle never asked for the throne-she only vowed to protect the people who whisper her name like a prayer. When shadows gather at her gates, she's given a new guardian: Aleksandr Mikhailov, a man of quiet strength and watchful eyes that seem to see too much. Between whispered promises, loyalty tangles with forbidden longing. A princess who would bleed for her people. A bodyguard who would burn for her touch. But in Eirenelle, love is never gentle-and some vows were meant to break.