Sinner's possession

In the stifling, sunless depths of the King's bedchamber, the air hangs thick with velvet, woodsmoke, and the copper heat of undone ruin. King Christopher reigns not just over a kingdom, but over a reckless cycle of indulgence-using soft flesh, sharp wine, and fleeting, hedonistic submission to drown out the suffocating weight of his own crown. To the women who pass through his silk sheets, he is a god to be appeased; to himself, he is a man trapped in a gilded cage, buying quiet moments of peace at the edge of exhaustion.
That peace shatters in a heartbeat.
When the Queen Mother violently breaches his sanctuary, she brings no grace, only the ruthless hammer of political survival. Her mandate is swift, absolute, and merciless: Chris must surrender his dangerous freedom and take to his bed Princess Shakira of Spain-the daughter of his kingdom's greatest enemy, brought forth to silence whispers of treason and secure a throne threatened by a treacherous half-brother.
Yet Shakira is no cold zealot to be easily mastered. She is a vision of radiant strength and unyielding virtue-a bright, noble princess who genuinely believes in goodness, honor, and the enduring power of love. Naive to the dark, shadow-drenched depravity of the King's world, she arrives armed only with an invincible heart and a spirit that refuses to bow to his callous arrogance.
Now, a cynical monarch bent on breaking her resolve collides with a courageous bride determined to stand her ground. In a court where passion is a weapon and power demands total surrender, Chris is about to meet a woman whose fierce purity may prove to be his most dangerous, intoxicating obsession yet.