Forbidden In Forbidden Times

Set in the 1300s, within a powerful European kingdom, a woman of color serves closely under the King and Queen. She is intelligent, graceful, and trusted-moving quietly through the palace halls where secrets live longer than people.
The prince, raised for duty rather than love, unexpectedly falls for her. Their connection is forbidden from the start-by class, by politics, and by the unspoken rules of the court. Still, they meet in stolen moments, glances lingering too long, words heavy with what cannot be said.
Meanwhile, the King and Queen have arranged a political marriage for their daughter, Princess Katherina, to Harllow, a nobleman from Russia.
As children, Katherina openly mocked his appearance and dismissed him cruelly, swearing she would never marry him.
But time changes everything.
When Harllow returns years later as a man-refined, commanding, and dangerously attractive-Katherina is suddenly eager to fulfill the arrangement. She becomes infatuated, convinced this marriage is her destiny.
What she doesn't know is far more dangerous.