Don't Wake A Sleeping Tiger

Born into the margins of nobility as a half-blood daughter, Yeong-Hwa faces a grim and inescapable fate. She is destined to be sold off as a concubine to a powerful man more than three decades her senior, a transaction meant to secure influence at the cost of her entire future. However, her world fractures completely when devastating news arrives: her brother has been killed by a tiger. Driven by grief and desperation, she abandons resignation and seeks out a skilled tiger hunter, presenting him with a forbidden request that crosses every boundary of propriety. In exchange for his dangerous services, she makes a sweeping promise, assuring him she will grant whatever he desires. Yet when the time comes to settle their arrangement, the hunter’s demand proves far more intimate and startling than she ever anticipated. He calmly reminds her of her vow before asking if she is willing to give him herself. Caught entirely off guard, Yeong-Hwa realizes too late the true weight of the bargain she struck. She had never imagined what fulfilling her desperate promise would ultimately require her to surrender.