Hidden Crown

Crown Prince Alric Thorne was destined to rule the mighty kingdom of Verisia - until the dagger of a jealous cousin shattered everything. Ambushed in the dead of night, left to bleed in the frost-laced wilderness, Alric should have died forgotten among the trees. Instead, he was found - broken and burning with fever - by Rina Vale, an ordinary village healer with no idea of the royalty she pulled from death's grip.

To Rina, he's just Wren, a wounded man too proud to admit his pain. Their days are slow, filled with snow, soup, and stolen glances. Their nights grow longer - charged with unspoken desire, aching tension, and a heat neither understands nor dares name. But the lies between them are growing, even as the hunger does. And when they finally fall - into bed, into love, into each other - it's a fire neither of them can escape.

In the shelter of her quiet world, Alric finds peace for the first time in his life. In him, Rina discovers a man unlike any she's ever known - tender, tortured, and fiercely hers. When he kneels to her with a humble ring and a whispered vow in the dark, she believes they can build a life untouched by the world outside.

But the world is never far behind. The truth Rina never saw coming shatters her: Wren is not a man who can stay. He is the Crown. And he never told her.

But destiny isn't finished with them. Enemies gather. Secrets boil.

A tale of raw sensuality, emotional betrayal, and relentless passion, The Hidden Crown is a sweeping kingdom romance where love is tested by lies, power, and the brutal cost of destiny.
He was born to rule. But she was born to bring him to his knees.