The Sun and The Shadow
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Seven noble daughters.
One heart.
One crown.
One flame.
A trial disguised in elegance and thorns.
In the golden kingdom of Aurelia, the Eclipse Trial will name the next queen, bless her with divine favor, and bind her to the Sun Heir himself.
Aeliana Elarion was the forgotten daughter. Overlooked and unprepared, she enters the palace with nothing but her name. In a court of silk smiles and cold ambitions, every daughter fights to stand out, each one battling for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to stand as queen beside Prince Caelan, the Sun Heir: a man carved by the gods, cold, dutiful, and bound to a throne he does not want to share.
The Eclipse Trial is no pageant. Behind the ceremony lie tests meant to strip away masks and reveal what each girl is truly made of. Some will falter. Some will fall. Some will bleed. Only one will be crowned.
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