This Wasn’t in My Adoption Plan!

For ten grueling years, she devoted her life to managing the affairs of Duke Havenik Brauno, only to be callously murdered by the very man she served. Instead of fading into oblivion, she awakens in a new body as Aerin Brauno, an illegitimate child born into the same treacherous household. Her horror deepens when she realizes that her new adoptive father is none other than the Duke himself—the ruthless noble who ended her previous life. Trapped under the roof of her killer, Aerin refuses to surrender her future to his control once more. Drawing upon the invaluable knowledge and experience retained from her past existence, she resolves to break free from his suffocating influence and carve out an entirely different path for herself. She will no longer be a pawn in his dangerous games. Now, armed with foresight and quiet determination, Aerin must navigate a perilous aristocratic world where one misstep could mean death. As she plots her escape from the Duke’s grasp, she faces an impossible challenge: rewriting her destiny, outsmarting a deadly patriarch, and perhaps even finding a way to save the fractured Brauno family before history repeats itself.