Lady Crystal is a Man

Within the noble House of Rotary, Duke Rotary fuels a ruthless contest among his sons for the right to inherit his title—a vicious power struggle that leaves no room for weakness. To spare her son from that brutal fate, Crystal's mother conceals his true gender, raising him as a girl and granting him a quiet, sheltered existence. For years, the ruse holds, allowing Crystal to live in peace—until the Duke abruptly decides to marry him off, threatening to expose everything. Desperate to protect his secret, Crystal flees his home and throws himself upon the mercy of the rival Duke Illian Pentrin, offering his service in hopes of lying low long enough to orchestrate a permanent escape. Yet the Pentrin estate proves far more treacherous than he anticipated, and Crystal soon realizes that his host harbors dark mysteries of his own. Trapped in a den of hidden agendas, Crystal must navigate a web of deception where one misstep could unravel his identity. Can he outrun the ghosts of his past, or will the very lies that shield him become the chains that bind him forever? This edition also includes four bonus chapters.