Sold to the ruthless warlord

Synopsis

Mariana Graham thought her twenty-sixth birthday would mark the beginning of the life she had always dreamed of. Instead, it became the night everything she knew fell apart. Betrayed by the people she trusted most and stripped of the future she thought was hers, Mariana is given a choice she never imagined she would have to make—to marry the most feared warlord in the kingdom and become part of an empire whispered about in fear. Zayan Alastor. A name powerful enough to silence a room. A man no one dares cross. And now, Mariana belongs to him. Sent to Frostcrest with nothing but a broken heart and a life she no longer recognizes, Mariana expects her new fate to be nothing more than another form of punishment. But Zayan is not the man she imagined. As their unexpected bond begins to pull them closer, Mariana finds herself caught between fear and a feeling she never thought possible. Yet just when she begins to believe she may have finally found a place where she belongs, the past comes looking for her. Secrets will surface. Loyalties will be tested. And Mariana will discover that being chosen by the most ruthless man in the kingdom may have been the least dangerous thing that ever happened to her.