The Disgraced Noblewoman Who Seduced the Crown Prince
"They destroyed the innocent girl. Now they'll bow to the woman she became."
Lady Isabelle Ashford had everything—beauty, wealth, a prestigious family name, and the love of Duke Vincent Harcourt, the man she'd adored since childhood. On the night of their engagement ball, she believed her fairytale was complete.
Then her stepsister Celeste revealed the "truth": Isabelle had been carrying on an affair with a common merchant, betraying Vincent and disgracing the Ashford name. The evidence was damning—love letters in her handwriting, witness testimony, a scandalous portrait. Her own father believed the lies and publicly disowned her. Vincent, the man who swore eternal love, turned his back without a word of defense.
Stripped of title, fortune, and dignity, Isabelle was exiled to the Borderlands to die in obscurity. She should have perished in that frozen wasteland.
Instead, she discovered the truth that changed everything: she wasn't Lord Ashford's legitimate daughter. She was the secret child of the late Queen Regent and the kingdom's greatest general—making her the Crown Prince's half-sister and a legitimate threat to those who'd stolen her birthright.
Two years later, "Lady Vivienne Laurent" arrives at the royal court—a mysterious, wealthy widow from the southern provinces with impeccable connections and breathtaking beauty. No one recognizes the broken girl they exiled. Isabelle has transformed into a woman of devastating charm, razor-sharp intelligence, and singular purpose: seduce Crown Prince Adrian, control the throne, and destroy everyone who betrayed her.
But Adrian is nothing like she expected. Haunted by his mother's death and trapped in a political marriage his council demands, he's cold, calculating, and sees through every courtier's manipulation. When he meets Vivienne, he's drawn to the fire in her eyes and the mystery she carries—the only woman who doesn't want his crown, only his downfall.
Their games of seduction and power spiral into genuine passion. The more Isabelle tries to manipulate him, the more she falls for the lonely prince beneath the crown. And Adrian, discovering pieces of "Vivienne's" tragic past, becomes obsessed with protecting her—even from herself.
But Celeste has secured her position as Vincent's duchess and sits on the Queen's Council. Lord Ashford grows richer by the day from trade deals built on Isabelle's stolen inheritance. And the Royal Council, who orchestrated the original scandal to eliminate a royal bastard who threatened their power, will stop at nothing to destroy Vivienne before she can claim her true identity.
Isabelle must choose: reveal the truth and claim her birthright, losing Adrian's love when he discovers her deception, or stay silent, keeping his heart but abandoning her revenge and the justice she's owed.
The girl they destroyed is gone. The woman who remains will either win a crown or burn the kingdom trying.