RKChristie
When Eleanor Wright collapses at the gates of Beijing's Forbidden City, she expects to wake in a hospital.
Instead, she opens her eyes in the year 1472, beneath the gaze of an emperor who has never allowed himself to want anything beyond duty.
Zhu Jia Hao, ruler of the Middle Kingdom, was raised to believe his heart belonged to the throne alone. Bound by tradition, watched by a calculating Dowager Empress, and haunted by a half-forgotten prophecy whispered to him in childhood, he has learned that love is a liability an emperor cannot afford.
Eleanor was never meant to exist in his world-her jade-green eyes, foreign speech, and sharp political instincts mark her as an impossible presence. Yet as illness sweeps the capital and ancient certainties begin to fail, Eleanor's knowledge and courage offer something no ritual can: a way forward.
Drawn together by fate, choice, and a passion neither can deny, Eleanor and Jia Hao must navigate court intrigue, tradition, and the growing danger surrounding a throne that does not forgive change easily. As prophecy and power collide, they are forced to ask whether Heaven rules the empire-or whether responsibility, love, and choice do.
The Jade Prophecy is a sweeping historical romance about power, partnership, and the courage to build a future where none was promised.