My life couldn’t have been more perfect. A handsome fiancé. My dream career. My family’s beautiful estate. I should’ve known it was too good to be true.

When an old diary resurfaces, it reveals a scandal buried for over a century and destroys everything I thought I knew. Thanks to the biggest royal disgrace of the nineteenth century, I’m not just nobility.

I’m the rightful queen of Wesbourne.

On paper, it sounds like a fairytale upgrade. Money. Power. Fame. And the chance to make a difference in the country I adore. All I have to do is give up the life I’ve built and the man I love.

Oh, and one other small thing. I'll have to marry the crown prince.

Yes, he’s gorgeous and charming and his voice makes your body sing. Everyone thinks I’m crazy for hesitating. But they don’t know him like I do. They don’t know that he destroyed me last time.

If I say no, this country will crash and burn in a civil war, and I’ll be responsible. But if I say yes, he will annihilate what’s left of my heart.