Twisted Reign
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Alicia Haraway is just a poor girl from Pembrooke. She hunts to keep her and her dad from getting kicked out of their tiny house and lives a normal life for a peasant. That is until she is hired to assassinate the royal family for a large amount of money that will keep her and her father comfortable for the rest of their lives.
Alicia refuses the offer at first, even if the money can mean she will live in comfort. But when a person she cares about gets in trouble and she unleashes a hidden power inside her she is forced to the palace. For her imprisonment or execution.
When she gets to the palace she becomes betrothed to the Crown Prince but with a huge price. She gives up her identity as Alicia Haraway to become Alina Pierce. And if she refuses or fails, she will be executed. Now she has to learn how to juggle life as royalty while keeping two huge secrets.
Can she deal with the pressure of living a lie or will the secrets be too much to handle? And will the pressure of being royalty be too much for Alicia to carry?
As mysteries are uncovered and answers are revealed will Alicia find explanations or more questions?
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