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Theola farebbe di tutto per lasciare l'Inghilterra, ma la fuga si sta rivelando più torbida e pericolosa della prigione da cui è scappata. Per tutta la sua vita non è stata altro che una Cenerentola tirata a lucido, la povera cuginetta al servizio della bella ed elegante Lady Catherine Bourne. Ora Lady Catherine ha lasciato l'Inghilterra per sposare il re di Kavonia, dall'altra parte dell'Adriatico: Theola è stata incaricata di accompagnarla in quanto sua servitrice, un'opportunità in cui intravede finalmente una via di uscita dalla sua sfortunata situazione.

Can you fall in love with someone before you meet them? Valona, the eighteen-year-old daughter of the deposed Prince of Piracus believes she can. Beautiful, spiritual and aching for adventure Valona is convinced that the perfect man exists because she has seen him in her dreams; all she has to do is find him. With no royal bride to offer the elderly King, it seems the only way to save Larissa from the threat of the encroaching Russian army is for Valona to take her place.

It is 1796. Duval Harlington, recently released from a French prison, is on his way home. He must reach his late father’s estate Muchmore House before the following evening if he is to inherit it. But the inheritance rests on another condition: he must also be married. He is at a market, hoping to buy a fast horse, when he hears about a wife sale. He takes his chance and makes an extravagant bid for young widow, Edmée Hyde. To his delight and dismay, the bid is accepted and they marry, only to find that he and Edmée are both hiding life-threatening secrets.

Melike has it all: a beautiful home in Istanbul, a career as an art historian, an attentive husband. But her yearning for more excitement has led her surreptitiously into the arms of other men. On the cusp of her fortieth birthday, Melike is resolute: the affairs must stop. Then she receives a mysterious email from a man named Petro, requesting a tour of Istanbul’s Byzantine churches. Against her better judgement, she accepts. As soon as she sees Petro, with his endearing smile and impeccable charm, Melike knows she is in trouble. But she is not the only one keeping secrets.