What else is there to do when all your life, all you've ever done was run away, hide, and hurt the people you love most. Maxine would want more than anything to live a happy life, but deep down she knows she doesn't deserve to do so. Between carrying her responsibilities of protecting her younger sister and the emotions that come along with finding out your mate was a dangerous and ruthless Alpha who hated rogues with a passion, will she be able to do what is right, protect what is hers, and finally live the life she's always wanted? Would she, who has ran all her life, choose to stay for the people she loves? _______________________________________________________ BOOK 1 of the "The One" Series. Most Impressive Rankings: #535 out of 86.9k stories [PARANORMAL] #514 out of 19.6k stories [SISTERS] #485 out of 86.9k stories [PARANORMAL]

The Queen of Hearts meets the gilded world of Marie Antoinette. A princess with a holy Gift. A kingdom hiding a dangerous secret. And a marriage meant to bring peace to a land with a violent history of war. Eighteen-year-old Ophelia Rosiers is a princess of Rosailles, and also the heir to a holy Gift that determined the fate of her queendom centuries ago. But now with her Gift locked away, she can only hear the whispers of the Angels her people revere. As a result, her sister has been named next in line, and she is being sent to their enemy nation, Garnette, in order to marry their Crown Prince and hopefully lead their countries into an era of much needed peace. Only when she arrives, she quickly starts to suspect her betrothed is not who she dreamed him to be. Stuck in a palace surrounded by gossiping courtiers and enemies at every turn, Ophelia's friends are few. Especially when one of her handmaidens turns out to have secrets of her own, turning what Ophelia has always believed about her destiny upside down. Desperate for a distraction, she finds company with Prince Pierre-her betrothed's younger brother-who has motives of his own. When betrayal lands Ophelia as Garnette's prisoner, she realizes her whole life she has been dictated by other people's lies. With peace shattered for good and Ophelia's fate left in her own hands, she does the one thing she has left-she takes back control, even if it means turning into the very monster her enemies make her out to be. Bisexual MC. Book 1 in The Blood of the Angels series