Suleiman's Gentle Love (Magnificent Century Fan Fiction)

"May your love for me be
like
the scent of the evening sea

drifting in
through a quiet window

so i do not have to run
or chase or fall
... to feel you

all i have to do
is
breathe."

Sanober Khan

Caterina Venier didn't expect her life to turn out this way, but she wouldn't change it for a minute. The woman who would become Halime Sultan was an innocent beauty, protected from all by her family since she was a child. When the Sultan gets ahold of her portrait, he is entranced by the innocence in her eyes. Seeing this, his friend Ibrahim had her stolen away from her family to deliver to his padishah during their war with Hungary. Watch her rise to power as she navigates the intricate world of the Ottoman Empire and its harem.

(Part of The Haseki Series) (Book 1)