Roses In Autumn
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Thirteen years. Thirteen black roses.
Each one a promise - and a warning.
Princess Elara lives in secret, hidden from a kingdom that would brand her cursed. When her new guard, Sir Anderson, enters her world, he brings a truth covered in blood: he came to destroy her father, not to protect her.
In a world where loyalty dies with love, who will survive when the final rose falls?
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