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The prince she loved is dead.
Now, a stranger returns in his place-with the same face, but none of the man she knew.
When Crown Prince Caelan falls in battle, Princess Zariah is left with a kingdom on edge-and a betrothal that ends before it ever truly began. But with war still threatening the realm and alliances at stake, the royal court makes a daring decision: the prince must return, even if he no longer lives.
Enter Einar Vale-a soldier of no title and no fortune, chosen for a single reason: he looks exactly like the fallen heir. Trained to walk like him, speak like him, even rule like him, Einar is thrust into a world of silks and secrets, crowned by a lie.
And when he returns to Zariah... she accepts him.
At first.
But the Caelan she remembers was cold, guarded-a prince carved from duty alone.
This one is different. He listens. He laughs.
And when he looks at her, it's as if he's memorizing something he knows he cannot keep.
And just as her heart begins to waver, so does her certainty.
Because no war changes a man this much... does it?
In a court where loyalty is a currency and truth is in short supply, Zariah must decide what matters more: the face she remembers, or the soul that feels dangerously real.
A romance of hidden hearts and borrowed crowns-
Where love is treason, desire is a dangerous game,
and not every fairytale ends with the truth.