[DARK SPICY HISTORICAL ROMANCE] Bella, the daughter of an untitled lord, is plunged into the turmoil that is nobility when the deadly Archduke Thaddeus takes a preternatural interest towards her. A nuisance, as royal lovers are infamously known to perish and miss Bella has no intention of withering away just yet. As she oscillates, on a razor's edge, between survival and surrender, will her sharp wit and ethereal beauty truly awaken a possessive fire within the royal? Conjuring an emotion the kingdom believed him incapable to render? © All rights reserved {2025 Book - updated Weekly} {Contains dark and many sexual scenes - Please only read if you are +18}

They say her voice was once bewitching to all who heard it. She was like a siren luring sailors to their deaths on quiet nights... Those are just rumours that once were, truth be told the youngest daughter of the Count was a mute. Her voice had long been lost in her childhood years, disappearing like a whisper in the wind soon to be forgotten. She too disappeared with it, fading into the background, outshined by her talented siblings. The harder she tried to regain her worth, the more she was ignored. Until a chance encounter with a stranger changes everything... Word count: [100,000 - 150,000] *This story has a professionally edited version published with its COMPLETED version currently ONLY AVAILABLE on AMAZON and KINDLE *

How can you lose something you never have? When your own mother poisons you to gain pity from others, how should you feel? Why was I, the youngest, being married off? How could I care about something that was never mine? WARNING! Viewer discretion advised: Story contains adult content that is unsuitable for children. NOTE from the writer: I'm an amateur writer so please overlook plot holes, grammar issues, or anything else a story is supposed to have. This is my original story so... as the saying goes "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all".