This is another year in the Great Sejong Daewang's rule. He is an emperor of his land, yet he cannot control his own princesses. They are very optimistic and talented, but they give Sejong headaches. Their names and deeds were known throughout the Joseon nation. So why are there no records? Even the history books, the online search engines, the scholars, do not know of the events in 1430. Well, to put it frank, something happened. Something that shook the nation to its roots...
Sejong is a great ruler as depicted in the history books.
His intellegence, strategies, bravery and compassion was rumoured to rival the legendary kings and queens in Europe and Asia.
Little did the present world know, these four descriptions actually symbolize his four daughters. They play a most significant role in the history of Joseon.
And of course, we have the cleverest, most talented, most headstrong person in the story: Princess Dabin, second to the Emperor.
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.