To Capture an Empire
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"You undo me, completely, utterly, and maddeningly."
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Myra has worked her whole life for a role in court, and when given the chance to prove herself, she seizes it, taking the small role of lady-in-waiting in the treacherous court of Viven. However, there's more to her role than anyone ever thought. As she balances her life in court and secrets of her own, she finds only one obstacle in her way.
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Crown Prince Hayden Ansar was never destined to ascend the throne. But as his father's health decays, he's thrust into a world foreign to him, with time ticking before his coronation; he loses himself in the expectations before him, and that's before he is placed under the care of a new court member.
She irritates him more than ever before, testing his word like no one else could, pushing his sanity further than he would ever admit.
But when Viven crumbles to ash beneath the weight of war, their worlds collide, and forced together by circumstance they soon discover that no one is who they appear to be, and the price of loyalty is higher than they could have ever imagined.
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