The King & Courtesan
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Last published Sat, Dec 3, 2022
Once, she was Amira-the beloved princess destined to marry the prince and rule a kingdom. But when a shipwreck stole her family and her memories, her life vanished beneath the waves.
Rescued by a man who claimed to be her uncle, she was sold into a world of silks and secrets, growing into a courtesan with no past-only the faint ache of something lost.
Seven years later, Prince Aedon is sent to find a bride before his coronation. In the distant town of Lanshire, he meets Marielle-a woman who feels achingly familiar. Her eyes, her laughter, the way her hair catches the light... it all reminds him of the girl he loved and lost.
Drawn together by fate, they embark on a journey that unravels buried truths and rekindles long-forgotten love. But when the truth of her past resurfaces, Marielle must face the woman she once was-and the man who never stopped loving her.
Can love survive when the heart remembers what the mind has forgotten?
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