_Shadow_of_the_sun
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In the late 19th-century Kingdom of Siam, Princess Ginny has spent her entire life as a symbol rather than a person.
Born into a world of luxury, tradition, and unforgiving expectations, she has been shaped to fulfill one purpose: to serve the crown. But behind the title and the ceremonies is a young woman desperate for something she has never been allowed to have-freedom, choice, and the chance to be seen for who she truly is.
When the King sends Ginny on a diplomatic mission to the southern province of Songkhla, where unrest threatens the stability of the kingdom, she leaves the safety of the palace for the first time. Assigned as her protector is Jayna, a skilled warrior of the Royal Guard-one of the few people Ginny personally trusts.
For fifteen years, they existed on opposite sides of an impossible divide: a princess and a guard, royalty and duty. But far from the palace walls, where titles begin to lose their power, Ginny discovers that Jayna is the first person to see the woman beneath the crown.
For Jayna, protecting the princess has always been an oath-a duty above all else. Until that duty begins to conflict with the one thing she was never meant to feel.
As political tensions rise and danger closes in, Ginny and Jayna must navigate a world determined to keep them apart. Between loyalty and desire, duty and freedom, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice for a love that could change not only their lives, but the fate of a kingdom.