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“You must bear a child, Celia. what good is a woman who isn’t a mother? What good is an empty womb?”

“Especially when it’s a foreign womb, like yours…”

It’s not an easy life when you’re watched month after month, when all the blame is placed at your feet for your young husband having no heir. 

Celia Devon Tralhamir, Crown Princess of Havietten, waits every month with hope mingled with fear. 

A child will secure her future. But it will also bind her for life to a husband she neither loves or respects, who refuses to see her abilities. Is that what she wants?

Is she content to prioritise security over happiness, and be a wordless decorative vessel all her life?

Or is she brave enough to try to forge her own path and seize fulfilment on her own terms? Even in a society that cannot recognise individual brilliance in a mere woman.

A sequel to the WEBNOVEL book “Earning the Love of a Princess”, this novel follows another woman born into the Royal House of Devon, trying to fight the confines that threaten to stifle her happiness.

The Loneliest Ballad

2 June, 1371. St Ivan's Palace, Havietten

The gifts and messages of congratulations started pouring in again from Havietten's allies across the continent, almost like they had after Gabriel's birth.

Almost but not quite. Celia knew the celebrations for a second son were never going to be quite as rapturous as the first. She however, didn't see the distinction. She was adamant baby Aron wouldn't be lavished with less attention just because of his birth order.

Yes, she'd been stuck naming the baby Aron, much to her chagrin. The only consolation was that Tobin was also less than thrilled about it.

Ancient royal tradition dictated any heirs born within a year of the previous king's death would be named in his honour.

Beautiful Pieces