Apex Kingdom Chronicles

BOOK 1: Lion's Heart: The Duke's Forbidden Love

Pridefury (Eternal Summer)

Duke Magnus of the Pride, a powerful leader of the Pridefury Nation, a dukedom on the planet of Terravon, secretly struggles with his inability to shapeshift into a lion, which causes him deep shame and constant regret. When he is severely injured during an assassination attempt, he is found and saved by Liora, a noblewoman from a struggling family in the remote village of Brisbane. Her compassion and unique scent trigger Magnus's latent ability to shapeshift. Realizing the advantage his newfound power gives him, Magnus feeling an electric pull between Liora and himself proposed marriage, liora not sure of her feelings towards this charming and kind man hestiates to accept, even though marrying Magnus threatens to expose her family's precarious situation to all the nobles in Pridefury and despite her also conflicting feelings towards her childhood friend, Liora agrees to protect her family. How does Duke Magnus's forced marriage to Liora evolve from a political and disadvantagious arrangement into a genuine love story, especially as Liora discovers the truth about her childhood friend and also revelations of her hidden abilities?