I’m the first single king Hermosa Islas has ever known. Young. Dutiful. Bound by traditions—except one.

My people demand a queen. Custom says I marry for duty. 

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I say I marry for love, or not at all.

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Larkin storms into my world as an architect hired to restore my family’s legacy. Fiery. Unyielding. Brilliant. No filter. 

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Before I can blink, she labels me an arrogant man. Unaware of my true identity, it makes her dangerously bold. 

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Hating me has become her guilty obsession.

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Perfect. Let her. Taming her wild heart will test me in ways no throne ever could.

I’m a king. I don’t lose—hearts or kingdoms. But can I tame the one wild heart that refuses to bow?