In the Year of the Golden Dragon Immaculous, The kingdom of Bradyn named their sixth heir.
The townspeople were happy, the royals, however, weren't. In this kingdom, where the rules and conditions of gaining the throne meant death, has had always shaken other kingdoms down to their spine. Ridiculous as it may be, that's how the strongest by immeasurable physical power, the extreme strategizer, the ultimate backstabber, or the dangerously honest has had gained the throne in the past,
Zinnia Shaffer, who was born in a very unstable family, was chosen to be the sixth in the running for the throne. the family was thankful for the money, but not at the stake of their beloved daughter's life.
Zinnia, through many encounters, learns the fact that she had no other choice but to give her life because she was no match to the five other heirs, who were rumored to be all fit for the throne, yet, lacking in small minor ways.
She meets all the other princes and princesses and finds out something weird about them.
they didn't hold up to the rumors. The stories didn't match.
But then, it did.
Will she be able to survive and make it out alive? What is going to happen?
Join her on her journey and find out.
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.