Behind the Silver Veil

In the Kingdom of Alverra, Queen Evelina Graceland is known as the Veiled Queen. Hidden behind silver veils and locked away within the private wing of the castle, she is a mystery even to her own court. Rumors spread endlessly through the kingdom. Some believe she is cursed, others whisper that her face is horribly disfigured, while a few insist her beauty is too dangerous to reveal.
The truth is far simpler.
Evelina is suffocating beneath the weight of the crown. Once night falls and court duties are complete, Evelina sheds her identity and becomes someone else entirely.
Evie.
A playful and mischievous lady in waiting who roams the castle freely. Only one person in the entire kingdom knows her secret, Clara, the queen's fiercely loyal head lady in waiting who helped raise Evelina after her mother's death.
Living two lives becomes far more dangerous when Prince Corbin of Greymark arrives at Alverra as an ambassador for his kingdom. Smug, charming, and impossibly arrogant, Corbin believes the mysterious queen will eventually agree to marry him for the sake of political alliance. While he attempts to win over the crown, he finds himself unexpectedly fascinated by a clever servant girl named Evie who refuses to flatter him like everyone else.
Meanwhile, Bastion Blackwell, the queen's feared and fiercely loyal head guard, grows increasingly protective of the spirited girl who somehow manages to sneak past castle security, tease him relentlessly, and soften the sharp edges of the man everyone else fears. He reveres Queen Evelina with unwavering devotion, but it is Evie who makes him feel alive.
As political tensions rise between kingdoms, and Evelina finds herself trapped between the freedom she craves and the crown she cannot abandon. Because if her identity is ever discovered, she risks more than scandal.
She risks losing the only life where she has ever truly been loved for who she is instead of what she represents.