From Your Lies, I Forge My Blade

Betrayed by her husband and left to die, Stella Culver is reborn at eighteen, determined to rewrite her fate. She assumes another's identity and steps into court danger. When she saves Prince Hudson, she is pulled into tangled conspiracies. She unmasks false allies, turns enemies into public disgrace, and survives assassins and attempted coups. With razor wit and growing imperial favor, Stella exposes layers of lies and uncovers the prince's hidden brilliance. Each victory deepens the risk: betrayals resurface, factions close in, and every deception threatens to undo her. Love with Hudson becomes both refuge and vulnerability. In a final surge she claims justice and vindication, proving that love and cunning can overturn a doomed fate.