Of Marriage and Murder ✔️ | Of Crimes and Crowns Book 1
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  • Time 3h 23m
Complete, First published Apr 19, 2016
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*FEATURED ON WATTPAD JANUARY 2018*

NATASHA BLACKMORE is barely hanging onto her crown after all five of her suitors have been murdered, making her the prime suspect. Determined to stay on the Arlean throne, she coaxes (or rather, forces) one unsuspecting duke into marriage. After all, he was out of the country for all the killings, so he can't be the murderer, right?

That duke is CONNOR WHITE, who wanted to live as low-profile a life as possible for a noble, even moving to a foreign country to teach school. But when his father dies, he's called back home. In Arles, however, all he finds are betrayals, family secrets, and a completely unwanted marriage. Because he's already got a girl...

VICTORIA RUTHERFORD has just moved back from Xianggang to Arlea, only to discover the schoolteacher she was courting is actually a duke, who has just married the queen. To enact her revenge, she joins a rebel group determined to take down the monarchy, but ends up in way over her head.

Whoever the killer is, this murderer either wants a crown or a heart. And he's closer than it seems to both....

one  m a r r i a g e | two  e n e m i e s |
six  m u r d e r s |  will love or hatred ensue?

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