Frankey
Some secrets are buried behind crowns. Others beat within the human heart.
As King Alistair Evercrest succumbs to a mysterious illness, the weight of the crown falls upon his son, Prince Kelvin Aragon Evercrest. Pressured to marry his betrothed, Lady Elaine Rosamund Valcourt, Kelvin is expected to secure the future of the kingdom before time runs out. Then a young servant changes everything.
Jeremy Rowan Mercer, the son of a man who gave his life serving the royal family, arrives at Evercrest Castle as an ordinary housekeeper. Hardworking, and quietly hopeful, Jeremy never thought that a single act of courage will pull him into the prince’s world or a dangerous web of secrets woven for decades.
As friendship blossoms into a forbidden love, whispers spread through the royal court. But love is the least of Aragon’s troubles. Hidden behind smiles, Lord Cedric Ravaryn patiently executes a revenge decades in the making. Assassination attempts, falsified records, and carefully orchestrated scandals tears the kingdom apart from within.
With the kingdom on the brink of civil war, buried secrets finally come to light. Betrayals are exposed, ancient wounds reopen, and the true architect of the kingdom’s suffering is forced into the light. As the old order begins to collapse, Prince Kelvin faces the same impossible choice that once destroyed his father’s generation:
Surrender his heart for the sake of tradition, or defy history and build a different future.
In a world where crowns demand sacrifice and a love is considered the greatest scandal of all, one servant and one prince must decide whether breaking the rules of the past is worth risking the future of an entire kingdom. Because kingdoms can survive war. Crowns can survive betrayal. But some secrets have the power to change the world forever.