HER EXCELLENCY

"I didn't take the oath to protect France, Your Excellency. I took it to protect you."

At sixteen years old, Charlotte Laurent does not have the luxury of a normal life. As the only child and sole heir to the rulers of France, she has just one identity-the future of a nation. While her older stepbrother rules Britain across the Channel as a powerful ally, Charlotte is left to navigate the sharks in her own court alone. She is cold, calculated, and entirely uninterested in love. She can't afford to be.
Because across the border, the Greek Embassy is plotting, and the threat of total #war is looming closer every day.

To secure her position, Charlotte makes a dangerous tactical gamble: she hires Zeus. At just eighteen, he is a lethal, brilliant military prodigy of Greek origin, whom she appoints as the General Commander of the French military. On paper, his name carries the weight of the 'Lord of the Sky,' a powerful myth built to strike fear into France's enemies.

But Zeus is a wild card. He is an outsider with ties to the very enemy Charlotte is fighting against
Charlotte expects a loyal soldier, but on his very first day in uniform, Zeus breaks every protocol. Looking "Her Excellency" dead in the eye, he confesses his attraction to her.

Now, Charlotte is caught in a deadly psychological game. Is Zeus's bold confession a genuine devotion to her, or is it a calculated trap orchestrated by the Greek Embassy to bring down the French throne from the inside? In a world where one wrong move means a bloody war, Charlotte must decide if her new Commander is her greatest weapon-or her downfall.

love or war?