Unchosen Crown

Prince Oliver returns to England expecting duty, decorum, and an unbearable number of polite smiles. Instead, he gets an ultimatum: six months to choose a bride and prove the monarchy still works.

Cornered by tradition and the sharp gaze of his terrifyingly competent grandmother, Queen Charlotte, Oliver resigns himself to survival mode, until Ian Harrison-Jones walks in.

Ian is the monarchy's legal golden boy: controlled, impeccably dressed, and devastatingly unimpressed by Oliver's title. As the advisor assigned to manage Oliver's future, he is very much off-limits. Which, unfortunately, only makes him impossible to ignore.

What follows is a slow-burn disaster: sharp banter, charged silences, arguments that linger a little too long, and a connection that refuses to stay professional. Ian sees through the crown. Oliver sees through the armor. And suddenly, pretending this is nothing becomes the hardest part.

Falling for each other is reckless. Acting on it is dangerous. Getting caught could bring the crown to its knees.

But some loves are worth the scandal.

With the clock ticking and the world watching, Oliver must decide whether to play the role written for him or risk everything for a man who was never meant to be part of the story.