A princess bride in disguise caught between cursed Hound shifter, crown prince and a political game.
She was born with the one thing that could get her killed.
In a world where golden hair belongs only to monsters and traitors, Princess Taynrea has spent her life hiding her true color beneath layers of dye. Though born a bastard of King, she was given a home and a family by her stepmother, the Queen of Hyldora, who loved her as her own, and by her sister, who treated her with endless kindness.
When her sister is chosen as a bride for the distant High Court of Caeldora, Taynrea takes her place, to repay the love she was given.
But fate has a strange way of rewarding foolish bravery.
On the road, she rescues a wounded hound and carries him into Caeldora, the most protected Seer high court of all five realms, hiding him away from prying eyes. What she doesn’t know is that the beast is no beast at all, but a cursed hound shifter with secrets of his own.
Together, they accidentally awaken a forgotten and forbidden world hidden beyond a mirror—a whimsical realm where the destroyed court of Wyndora has survived in secret, and where golden-haired people never needed to hide.
Now Princess Taynrea must dance among nobles, charm a prince who expected another bride, survive a queen who sees every weakness, and protect the secret that could end her life…
All while falling for the one creature who knows exactly who she truly is.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Forbidden identity & hidden powers
- A loving stepmother and stepsister
- Cursed shifter MMC
- Royal court intrigue
- Replacement bride
- Hidden heir / lost kingdom secrets
- Magical worlds beyond the mirror
- FMC with healing power and beast taming abilities
- Slow-burn romance
- Forbidden Golden Hair
