Price of a Borrowed Daughter

A court intrigue romance where one woman holds every noble house's secrets, and the prince who wants to set her free.

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What it is about

Raeli Hansein is twenty two, and since the age of eight she has been loaned across five great houses. She has no room of her own. What she has is everything: which heir loves whom, which house plots against which, which successor is not truly his father's son. When the king dies and the succession war begins, the secrets in one woman's head become the fate of a kingdom.

Prince Eidan Mord, fourth in line, is known for being charming and useless. That is the disguise. He approaches Raeli for the secrets she carries. What he does not know is that she has already seen the real him, years ago. What she does not know is that he does not want the throne at all. He wants to end the borrowed daughter system, and set her free. The romance builds through trust and negotiation rather than instant attraction, in a court where the wrong alliance is fatal.

Who it is for

Readers who love a heroine who is the smartest person in the room, a hero whose devotion hides under a careless smile, and a romance built on politics and restraint. If you liked Bridgerton, Killing Eve, or The Crown, start here.

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