A Rose Among Thistles
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MatureComplete Fri, Jul 11, 20257h 39m
An exiled princess. A reclusive duke. A love neither dared hope for.
In a land of thistles and thrones, will she trade a crown for a quiet kind of freedom?
A Rose Among Thistles is a lush, emotionally charged historical novel set in an alternate Tudor world where love dares to bloom in the cracks of royal ambition.
Stripped of her title and dignity by her father, Henry VIII, eighteen-year-old Princess Mary seeks refuge in the Highlands of Scotland. There, a political alliance binds her to Lachlan Stewart, the reclusive Duke of Dunbrae-a man haunted by loss and uninterested in courtly games. But neither expected a marriage of duty to stir something deeper.
As court intrigue mounts and old loyalties fracture, Mary must choose between reclaiming her place on the English throne-or embracing the quiet, hard-won freedom of a life built not on power, but on love.
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