Palace & Period

Chosen as a sacrificial bride for a cursed young emperor, a physician's daughter uses court poison and colder patience to outlast every knife in the palace.

Entering the harem as the least of the emperor's women, a merchant's daughter turns overlooked into invisible, and invisible into unstoppable.

Held as a peace hostage in a rival court, a warrior's heir must decide whether the prince guarding her is her jailer, her ruin, or her way home.