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"May your love for me be
like
the scent of the evening sea
drifting in
through a quiet window
so i do not have to run
or chase or fall
... to feel you
all i have to do
is
breathe."
Sanober Khan
| ~~~ |
Innocence was her only shield.
Caterina Venier had been a treasured jewel of Venice-beautiful, sheltered, and untouched by the cruelties of the world. But when a single portrait of her fell into the hands of Sultan Suleiman, her fate was sealed. Captivated by the purity in her gaze, the Sultan's closest friend and grand vizier, Ibrahim Pasha, orchestrated her abduction in the chaos of war with Hungary, delivering her across seas and borders into the heart of the Ottoman Empire.
In the gilded cages of Topkapi Palace, Caterina must shed the fragility of her past and embrace a new identity-Gülizar Sultan. Surrounded by rivals, spies, and lovers masked as allies, she learns to wield beauty as a weapon, secrets as currency, and survival as an art.
From a stolen girl to a power in her own right, her journey will lead her through passion, betrayal, and intrigue in a world where one misstep can cost everything. This is the rise of a woman who dared to rule from behind the silken veils of the harem.
(Book One of the Haseki Series)
(Formerly Suleiman's Gentle Love)