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When powerless, unfavoured Princess Soleia was arranged to marry the newly titled Duke Orion Elsher, she assumed they would find love eventually.

Who knew that her father would send off her husband mere hours later to fight a war?

Soleia was left alone to deal with an impoverished fief, a crumbling estate, and spiteful, vindictive relatives of the Duke who all wished to see her gone. 

She couldn’t leave― there was nowhere else to go. Soleia desperately wanted her husband to return so he could offer her a helping hand. However, when he did, he returned with Elowyn, a woman he claimed was his true love. 

A woman hellbent on taking her place as the rightful Duchess, no matter what she had to do to get Soleia out of the way. 

Mistreated, misunderstood, and miserable, Soleia was eventually thrown out of the estate she helped build.

Fortunately, when one door closes, another one opens. Unknown to Soleia, a man more powerful than her husband had been watching her, waiting for the right time to snatch her into his gilded cage. Duke Elsher had been foolish to let go― but the crown prince of Raxuvia wouldn’t make the same mistake.

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Prequel to Stolen by the Rebel King.

The Hidden King's Stolen Wife

"Princess Nessa," Elowyn said. Now that Soleia looked at her properly, her face had gone pale. There were beads of perspiration trickling down the sides of her forehead, and even her lips were ghastly white. Her voice attempted to sound meek, but if anything, she seemed more constipated. "Please, I am far too ashamed to remain here."

"There is nothing to be ashamed of, Lady Elowyn," Princess Nessa boldly announced, raising her voice. "If anything, she should be ashamed! For a princess, she has no decorum and no morality, and that has led to the crumble of your marriage. How could you be so forgiving, Lady Elowyn?"

"The crumble of her marriage?" Soleia echoed, scoffing in disbelief. "Pray tell, what has Lady Elowyn told you of our marriage with Duke Elsher, Princess Nessa?"

Snatching Men II