Through the Puppet's Tears, I Loved You

A thousand-year promise binds Serena Turner. To keep it she sends a puppet to bear every pain inflicted by her reborn lover, Nigel Dalton. The puppet takes wounds she cannot show. Only when it finally breaks does Nigel confront the truth of what his return has cost. By then Serena has found a kindred spirit in Simon Clark, and the three are swept into a fierce whirlwind of longing, guilt and fragile hope. Life-and-death trials strip façades and force brutal choices. Serena vows to start over, but the ruins reveal another revelation: Simon’s love reaches across lifetimes. Now past debts, present loyalties and a fragile future collide—one choice will reshape them all.