The Dauphin's Stranger
- Reads 319
- Votes 26
- Parts 13
MatureOngoing2h 34m
Last published Mon, Sep 22, 2025
Anna never expected her weekend trip to the museum to end in gold and whalebone. One moment she's in 2025, the next she's gasping for breath in the body of Marie Antoinette on the day she arrives at Versailles to wed the Dauphin of France.
Suddenly thrust into the most glittering and perilous court in Europe, Anna must learn to play the role of a foreign princess in a world that is both intoxicating and suffocating. Her only anchor is Louis Auguste-awkward, brilliant, and unexpectedly gentle-who is as much a mystery to her as Versailles itself.
As whispers coil through mirrored halls and politics tighten like corset stays, Anna struggles to balance her own modern instincts with the fate of a monarchy teetering on the edge of history. But this time, there will be no Revolution. This time, she has a chance to change everything-if she can survive long enough to love the boy who will become king.
A slow-burn romance, a tangle of silk and time, and a story of what happens when history bends beneath the weight of two unlikely hearts.
All Rights Reserved
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
Ashes of the Past
The events of the past burn away the moment her blood hits the floor. The King's love burns for another, but her heart bleeds as she watches him slip away. Forged evidence against her and she knows that death is upon her. But welcomed into a new life she is. Forever changed into a new body, but the past memories are forever ingrained. **** In a rebirth after death, Anne Boleyn emerges as Adieya Romanov, inheriting Russia's throne due to her parents' sudden demise. Fate's intricate threads unravel as Adieya embarks on a voyage across the vast ocean, ultimately finding herself in the heart of England. There, she encounters the very people who once held her captive in her childhood. Memories, long suppressed, begin to resurface, and the dormant emotions she once shared with King Henry VIII surge back to life. But destiny is a complex tapestry, and King Henry, presently wed to his second wife, Eleanor Boleyn, harbors intentions of marrying Jane Seymour after a divorce. As Adieya grapples with her resurging love for the enigmatic king, she finds herself ensnared in a web of deceit and political intrigue.Their slow-building romance is shadowed by the impending marriage, reigniting a soul-deep connection amid a web of deceit and power struggles. In this tumultuous world, where loyalty is fickle and alliances are fleeting, the line between adversary and confidant blurs. Plots rise like tidal waves, and empires teeter on the brink of collapse. Adieya must confront the ghosts of her past, while desperately seeking to rekindle a soulbound connection with a love that history itself has sought to sever. The clock is ticking, and the ultimate question remains: can love conquer the formidable tides of destiny? Highest Ranking ~ #1 KingHenryVIII (05/28/2022) # 1 Anneboleyn (11/30/2022)Complete
Becoming Marie
Abigail Hargrove was studying history and political science at Ottawa University; set to follow in her father, Thomas Hargove's, footsteps and earn a seat in the cabinet of a future Canadian Prime Minister. However, after being assigned to write a paper about the positive attributes of the last Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, Abigail finds herself unable to do so based on her own principles. She truly believed that there had been nothing good about the woman who's actions helped lead to the French Revolution. After stating so to her own professor, Abigail wakes up the next morning in the Queen's chambers in the Palace of Versailles in the body of Her Majesty Queen Marie Antoinette. How is Abigail going to survive the upcoming French Revolution? How is she going to survive Marie Antoinette's date with fate? And whom can Abigail trust with her secret?Complete
After The Barricade: A Les Miserables Fan Fiction (COMPLETED)
#10 in Les Miserables tagged stories August 2022!!! #6 in French Revolution tagged stories January 2023!!!! From one of the most beloved stories ever told, comes a new story. Enjolras only loved his homeland. But, what if, there was someone who stood in the background, silently supporting him? This tells the story of Marie, the sweetheart of the student revolutionary. The night before the revolution, he and Marie meet for the last time. Following a vow to love each other forever, they end up sleeping together for the first and last time. Enjolras later meets his fate at the barricade, living just long enough to die in Marie's arms. A month later, Marie discovers she's pregnant with his child. After moving in with Marius and Cossette and having her baby, Marie slowly begins to heal, but losing Enjolras has left a big hole in her life. Will she ever find love again, or will her heart be broken once more?Complete
A Hidden Picture
Annalise sees the world as though she is looking at it from afar. As if it's just a meaningless painting in a museum that she is observing. Admiring the beautiful strokes and the imperfections that somehow manage to make it even more intriguing. The last thing she would ever expect is someone reaching out from the painting and pulling her inside. The colors feeling as though she can practically taste them on her tongue. Suddenly being indulged by something she once saw as so two dimensional. Something that she once thought had no soul, no form of beauty beneath the surface. Only being able to see a pretty frame and gorgeous yet seemingly meaningless brush strokes. A life hidden in plain sight. Highest ranks: #1 in library #7 in fictional characters #1 in cute #6 in high school #1 in slowburn #4 in teen romanceComplete
L'Ange de la Mort (The Art of Revolution #1)
{Wattys 2018 Winner - The Contemporaries} Versailles, France 1789: Where the only things more prevalent than opulence and wealth, are secrets. At the dawn of the French Revolution, Paris is divided. In the glittering palace of Versailles, courtiers party without a care in the world, but in the city, people must fight to stay alive. Eighteen-year-old courtier Gabriel de la Marche is part of both worlds. When Gabriel was fourteen, his older sister went missing, and desperation for answers led him to strike a deal with an underground organization of assassins-they would use their connections to help Gabriel find his sister, if Gabriel agreed to kill members of nobility under the alias L'Ange de la Mort. Four years later, he still hasn't found his sister, and the repercussions of his decision are catching up with him. But he fears it might be too late to turn back now. The daughter of a French mother and a wealthy English earl, Lizabeth survived in the womb when her twin brother did not. Believed by her family to be cursed, she has grown up shamed and unloved, locked away in her father's estate. That is, until Lizabeth's mother strikes a deal of her own. If Lizabeth travels to Versailles and kills L'Ange de la Mort, she'll be granted her freedom. At the palace, Gabriel and Lizabeth fall headfirst into love, neither of them knowing the other's secret. Amid lavish court life, Lizabeth desperately searches for the identity of L'Ange de la Mort while Gabriel searches for the person rumored to want him dead. And when the truth is finally revealed, they discover they've become entrapped in a plot bigger than either of them could have imagined. One which could change all of France. stunning cover by storms_and_seas! aesthetics by makovea!Complete
The Serpent's Enigma
‟Tonight shall be the first and last night that we spend together, Gianita, for I do not intend to produce heirs by this marriage. The Prince would still be my heir, even though you're the Empress.‟ ‟Then why keep me, Sire, if I am of no use to you? It's obvious that you do not intend to add any more members to the imperial family besides yourself and the Prince, so why marry me?‟ *** Gianita, a princess from an eastern country is sent to marry the widowed Emperor of Angletonia, a vast and prosperous empire in the western hemisphere. To her dismay, the Emperor prefers the companion of his young son instead of his new bride. There were no traces of his previous marriage, only that the wife died shortly after the Prince was born. With his past clouded with riddles, will she be able to unravel the mystery that is him? ━━━━━━━━ Featured on Wattpad profiles: @Romance, @Fantasy, @WattpadAsianFantasy, @HistoricalFiction, @WattpadHistoricalRomance, @WattpadMulticultural, @generalfiction and @cupid. HIGHEST RANK #55 in #ROMANCE out of 1.84M stories Ranked #1 in : #Emperor, #Empress, #Empire, #King, #HistoricalRomance, #History, #AdultFiction, #MatureContent, #SexScenes Ranked #2 ArrangedMarriage, #4 in DiverseLit Awards : Overall Winner 🏆x1 Romance 🥇x3 // 🥈x2 // 🥉x1 Historical Fiction 🥇x2 // 🥈x2 Reviews : 🎖Paradise Royale by tale_a_grammer 🎖Perfect Review & Worthy Read by bibliophile0305 ━━━━━━━━ 12.26.2019 : Started 07.09.2021 : Completed - ©COVER, BANNERS & ALL VISUAL ASSETS by MeirinaSoe This book is exclusive to WATTPAD. Any copies found on other sites is COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.Complete
A Gamble // Benedict Bridgerton
Being the youngest daughter of the King and Queen of England had challenges, but Evelyn believed that she had faced them with bravery and valour only parallel to the Knights of Camelot. Intrigued by myth and history, Evelyn shies away from the ton, indulging in conversations unladylike and often improper. Wayfair would never speak ill of their Royal Highness. Five years a spinster, the Queen Charlotte pushes her daughter towards society and into this Season of Love. A woman with many secrets, Evelyn assures herself that she will not allow any suitor to marry her, despite what her mother may want, but when she carelessly strikes a deal with the second born Bridgerton, and becomes enraptured by his family, that assurance becomes hesitant. Her Royal Highness Princess Evelyn has never wanted love, not when it is often regretted, but love cares little for her want, and even less for her secrets. Benedict Bridgerton x OC [Season 2 - ]Complete
Story of Azladoria
In a shocking twist of fate, the unprepared Princess Vivienne of the Azalea Kingdom is suddenly forced onto the throne and shoved into the midst of a vicious war. With a ruthless king vying against her kingdom, she has no choice but to search for alliances. Renowned warrior Natalia has recently forged her own new kingdom, Gladoria, from the territories she has conquered. Feared but not respected by the other rulers of the land; she must quickly legitimize her claim to the throne if she wants to prove herself a worthy Queen. Dire circumstances seem to pull these two women closer and closer together, into the bonds of fate and attraction.Complete
The Summer Court
**COMPLETED- UNDER SLOW EDITS** The Summer Court is a long-held tradition in Tir na nÓg for an heir that is coming of age and ready to assume their birthright- the Summer Throne. After the loss of her mother, the beloved Queen, and her father, King Ulrich's health begins to decline the princess is pushed into a medieval version of 'The Bachelorette'. Juggling her royal education, dating four princes, and learning how to navigate court politics is a lot to shoulder for a girl just turning eighteen. But add in forbidden love and a threat to her crown and Elsine might crumble under the pressure.Complete
Speak Softly, Love
Adrien is bound to a loveless marriage as a last hope in pleasing his father, who is still mourning the death of his precious wife, Emilie Agreste. Dreadfully foreseeing his bitter future with vain Lila Rossi of the high society, his paled life is given new meaning when the daughter of the local baker stumbles unto the steps of the estate. A fruitful friendship is formed against the rules of social class, but this new thrill begins its gradual descent into becoming a tragic scandal. Note: Their superhero counterparts are not included in this story. Takes place in 20th century France.Complete
The events of the past burn away the moment her blood hits the floor. The King's love burns for another, but her heart bleeds as she watches him slip away. Forged evidence against her and she knows that death is upon her. But welcomed into a new life she is. Forever changed into a new body, but the past memories are forever ingrained. **** In a rebirth after death, Anne Boleyn emerges as Adieya Romanov, inheriting Russia's throne due to her parents' sudden demise. Fate's intricate threads unravel as Adieya embarks on a voyage across the vast ocean, ultimately finding herself in the heart of England. There, she encounters the very people who once held her captive in her childhood. Memories, long suppressed, begin to resurface, and the dormant emotions she once shared with King Henry VIII surge back to life. But destiny is a complex tapestry, and King Henry, presently wed to his second wife, Eleanor Boleyn, harbors intentions of marrying Jane Seymour after a divorce. As Adieya grapples with her resurging love for the enigmatic king, she finds herself ensnared in a web of deceit and political intrigue.Their slow-building romance is shadowed by the impending marriage, reigniting a soul-deep connection amid a web of deceit and power struggles. In this tumultuous world, where loyalty is fickle and alliances are fleeting, the line between adversary and confidant blurs. Plots rise like tidal waves, and empires teeter on the brink of collapse. Adieya must confront the ghosts of her past, while desperately seeking to rekindle a soulbound connection with a love that history itself has sought to sever. The clock is ticking, and the ultimate question remains: can love conquer the formidable tides of destiny? Highest Ranking ~ #1 KingHenryVIII (05/28/2022) # 1 Anneboleyn (11/30/2022)
More detailsContent Guidelines