The Duchess Lives Only for This Day

In a world of political pawns and lethal legacies, Frida Harkbourne was born to die. Forced into a marriage with the feared war hero Duke Daniel Richards, she is abandoned at the altar and left with a comatose husband. But in the shadows of a barren wasteland, Frida transforms ruins into a kingdom. Three years later, the Duke awakens to a world he no longer recognizes—and a wife he never knew. Now, as imperial conspiracies and deadly enemies close in, two broken souls must forge a tense, fragile alliance. Will their love bloom in the same breath as her time runs out? Discover the struggle for survival and power in Chapter 1!