Her Secret Substitute Groom

Discovering the reigning Crown Prince is a woman, Attendant Scholar Kael Sterling uses it to ascend to power. Crown Prince Rhiannon Corvus needs to hide her identity; Kael Sterling needs power. They strike a deal: Kael marries a princess for her and clears obstacles in the succession struggle, navigating factions. Publicly ruler and subject, privately co-conspirators, they are each other's deadliest weakness and strongest armor, seizing the kingdom and each other's hearts.