Fallen to Paradise

As the cherished daughter of Duke Glaster, Ange envisioned a predictable and secure future, anchored by her arranged marriage to Philip Cardiner, the rightful heir to the throne. Her carefully charted life is abruptly derailed, however, when Philip’s ambitious brother, William Cardiner, orchestrates a ruthless political scheme that strips Philip of his birthright and removes him from the line of succession. Desperate to consolidate his newly seized authority and reshape the royal landscape, William coerces Ange into a politically motivated union with Aiden Fitzroy—an outsider and the illegitimate son born to the emperor and a commoner. Thrust into an unfamiliar alliance with a man from a world entirely different from her own, Ange must navigate the treacherous currents of court intrigue. Amid the ashes of her dashed expectations, the question remains whether she can look past her forced circumstances and eventually open her heart to the humble stranger she now calls husband.