Beauty Amid the Flames of War

Vivian Gale, determined to avenge her father's death, disguises herself as a man and slips into the Imperial Medical Bureau. She becomes the empress dowager's personal physician while secretly plotting the ruler's downfall. Branded an enemy, she survives repeated assassination attempts ordered by Emperor Edmund Mortimer. Their wary duel of deception and intellect sparks an unexpected attraction as each probes the other's motives. When Vivian's true identity is exposed, trust fractures and loyalties are tested. Bound by a shared drive to end the empress dowager's tyranny, Vivian and Edmund form an uneasy alliance. Together they risk everything to topple a corrupt court and, in the wake of vengeance, discover a fragile, powerful love.