AUTHOR PERLS

He was the Alpha King’s secret shame—the illegitimate son no one wanted, barely tolerated, always watched.

She was just a maid… or so everyone thought.

But love doesn’t follow rules.

And when he falls for her, he doesn’t know he is falling for a witch with a past cloaked in blood and secrets.

What begins as a forbidden romance soon spirals into something far more dangerous.

She is not just here to clean up messes, but here to expose them. The royal lies. The court’s crimes. The kingdom’s rot.

And he must choose between love and loyalty—before everything burns, as the line between justice and revenge begins to blur.

And if revenge burns everything down in the process?

Then so be it because when she is done, there will be no crown left to wear.

She is not the villain they feared.

She is the punishment they deserve.

Dabby knew better than not to stay away from her stepbrother, not when he bullied, and was determined to make her life miserable. He was HOT! And HOT-tempered. 

Not when she was the kind of girl he could never be seen around with.

Not when he hated that they were now family, and that they attended the same school.

But, she can’t.

Perhaps a two-week honeymoon vacation with they by themselves, was going to flip their lives forever.

How does it feel to leave your past behind, and struggle to stand at the top only for it to catch up with you again?

How do you feel when a man who divorced you painfully years ago, suddenly becomes your first VIP outpatient?

Cruel right?

Yeah well, that is Stacy Hall’s situation now. She is stuck with her past

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Despite being aware that he was out of her league, Stacy had been in love with her elder brother’s friend, Carlton, for a long time. She was determined to make him hers at all costs, without the knowledge of anyone around her.

Unfortunately, Carlton’s announcement of his marriage to another lady shattered her heart mercilessly. One thing led to another, and she was the one standing on the altar to say the vows as his wife without the knowledge of her family. It was to save him, and to save her desire too.

However, he could never look at her with affection. Could not love her no matter how hard she tried, and could not fully accept her as his wife. And they ended up divorcing bitterly despite Stacy’s pleas because he wanted it. His ex-girlfriend was back!

Picking her life from scratch after a stormy divorce, a miserable lady who became a Certified Physiotherapist is finally healing from disownment from everyone. Stacy Hall had now become the most sought-after.

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“My heart is broken, Stacy. I have not been able to breathe since you left,” He begged with tears.

“Mr. Howard. My job is to fix broken bones, not hearts,” Stacy replied to him curtly.

Aria Hamilton had once been the perfect pawn—obedient, gentle, and conveniently invisible. Married off into the ruthless and powerful Miller family, her life became a cage built from wealth, cruelty, and secrets. Her husband despised her. The matriarch mocked her. The sisters treated her like dirt. No one expected her to fight back.

But one morning changed everything.

Aria walked into their grand dining room, stunning the entire family, not just with her bold new appearance, but with the crisp divorce papers she laid before Dalton. The timid girl they had once trampled had vanished. In her place stood a woman on fire—fearless, furious, and done being silent.

Dalton refused to sign the papers.

Maybe it was an obsession with the woman she was becoming - One he couldn’t understand… or control.

"Why hold on to me if I disgust you so much?" she whispered with a smirk, her voice dripping with scorn, "Must be a demonic trait in your blood. Or is there something darker in you, Dalton, that feeds off ruining women like me?"

She was no longer begging for a place at their table.

She was ready to burn it all down.

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"When did your heart turn so cold?" Dalton growled, his voice low, breath ragged, "I will break through it. I will tame your body into surrender if I have to."

But Aria didn't flinch, "Even if my body betrays me, my heart never will," she said coldly. It is frozen solid—and it will never beat for you."

"I will have you, Aria. I will melt your heart."