Accidentally Crowned

Evelyn Carter had mastered the art of being invisible.

At twenty-five, her life was painfully ordinary. She spent her weekdays buried beneath endless spreadsheets, surviving an office job she hated while silently imagining a hundred creative ways to throw a stapler at her infuriating boss. Her evenings belonged to fantasy novels, hot coffee, and the comforting silence of her tiny New York apartment. Crowded parties? Absolutely not. Social gatherings? Her worst nightmare. Books were easier than people.

Then everything changed.

One blinding pair of headlights.

One devastating car accident.

When opens her eyes, she believes she's dead.

Instead, she wakes with a pounding headache in a magnificent room that looks like it belongs in one of the fantasy books she adores. Even stranger, a massive arm is wrapped tightly around her waist.

The owner?

A breathtaking man with long black hair and the kind of beauty that could start wars.

Panicking, she screams, tumbles off the bed, and lands flat on the floor.

The stranger instantly wakes, snatches up his sword, and searches for the danger...only to find a terrified woman scrambling to cover herself.

His laughter echoes through the room.

"Little flame," he says with infuriating amusement, "there's nothing left to hide. I've already seen every inch of you."

That is when Evelyn learns the impossible.

He is the ruler of the Ten Realms.

And...

She is his wife.

According to everyone in the palace, their marriage united humans and dragon riders to prevent another devastating war.

The only problem?

Aurelia remembers absolutely none of it.

She remembers New York.

Her office.

Her annoying boss.

Her fantasy books.

Not a husband. Not dragons. Not magic.

Surrounded by dragons, deadly politics, ancient magic, and a husband who alternates between teasing her and protecting her with terrifying devotion.

The fragile peace between the Ten Realms may shatter.