The Colour of Broken Dreams
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Last published Sat, Apr 5, 2025
BOOK 1 of Reigns of Ruin; PREQUEL to The Last Light and A World Unmade (The Cursed Legacies Duology)
The Crown Prince of Vasileia saved Neve Florence and eventually married her, but it was not the perfect fairytale it started as. Politics and betrayal swirl around the young couple in this story of a love gone so rotten it poisoned all around it. Neve must thrive to survive in royal courts of despicable souls, shattering revelations and painful truths that make up the fantastical world of Vasileia.
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