LARISSAIVON
Henry VIII, King of England, was a man possessed. He had been prepared to shatter the foundations of Christendom and defy the heavens themselves to annul his first marriage. His singular goal: to claim the woman who held his heart captive. Yet, after years of his relentless pursuit, the tides have turned. Now that the path is finally clear, the King finds himself haunted by a paralyzing indecision.
Does he truly crave Anne Boleyn-the sharp-witted, fiercely intelligent, and tantalizingly modern woman who promised him a new world? Or is his soul still anchored to Catherine of Aragon-the regal Spanish Infanta whose fiery spirit and blue-eyed majesty had utterly captivated him from the moment they first met?
Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk, had long considered the King's Court his personal playground. A seasoned libertine, he moved through the shadows of the palace, bedding noblewomen and pursuing fleeting pleasures without a second thought for his heart.
That changed the moment he encountered a Rajput warrior princess. Hailing from the distant lands of India, she was a walking contradiction that rendered the silver-tongued Duke speechless: she was as lethal as a blade yet possessed a profound grace; she was unyieldingly fierce, yet radiantly feminine. For the first time in his life, the hunter has become the captive.