I count to keep the city breathing. Budgets, votes, kilowatts. I do not count on men.
Then a ‘benefactor’ saved our NICUs and our paychecks with money that moved like a ghost. His name in public was Vale. His truth was Kael D’Avenne—hidden heir, the prince declared dead the night the palace burned. He offered continuity. I demanded consent.
When sabotage and a veiled enemy turned our headlines into weapons, we became reluctant allies. I audit systems for a living, and I audited him: his ledgers, his motives, the laurel-thorn he refuses to hide. The result was a slow-burn pull I did not want and could not ignore. We fought side by side to put daylight on an old protocol and dismantle the ‘Benefactor’ seat that made kings in the shadows.
This is my city, my ledger, and my love story. No masks. No crowns. Citizens over thrones.
Royal Surprise is a contemporary royal romance told in a duet of POVs, rich with political romantic suspense, secret-heir stakes, and enemies-to-lovers heat that stays consent-forward and fade-to-black. If you crave strong-heroines, hidden princes, slow-burn tension, and smart intrigue with heart, you’ll feel at home in Veridia.
What you’ll find inside:
* Enemies to lovers, slow-burn, secret heir
* Strong heroine strategist x hidden prince
* Royal romance with real-world stakes
* Hijacked media, palace intrigue, and a veiled nemesis
* Consent-driven chemistry, sensual but fade-to-black
* A finale that crowns the truth, not the man
I am Evelina Maren, the strategist who chose batteries over banners. He is Kael, the heir who chose accountability over a crown. Together we rewrote the rules—and found a future worth counting.
Genre: Romance
Then a ‘benefactor’ saved our NICUs and our paychecks with money that moved like a ghost. His name in public was Vale. His truth was Kael D’Avenne—hidden heir, the prince declared dead the night the palace burned. He offered continuity. I demanded consent.
When sabotage and a veiled enemy turned our headlines into weapons, we became reluctant allies. I audit systems for a living, and I audited him: his ledgers, his motives, the laurel-thorn he refuses to hide. The result was a slow-burn pull I did not want and could not ignore. We fought side by side to put daylight on an old protocol and dismantle the ‘Benefactor’ seat that made kings in the shadows.
This is my city, my ledger, and my love story. No masks. No crowns. Citizens over thrones.
Royal Surprise is a contemporary royal romance told in a duet of POVs, rich with political romantic suspense, secret-heir stakes, and enemies-to-lovers heat that stays consent-forward and fade-to-black. If you crave strong-heroines, hidden princes, slow-burn tension, and smart intrigue with heart, you’ll feel at home in Veridia.
What you’ll find inside:
* Enemies to lovers, slow-burn, secret heir
* Strong heroine strategist x hidden prince
* Royal romance with real-world stakes
* Hijacked media, palace intrigue, and a veiled nemesis
* Consent-driven chemistry, sensual but fade-to-black
* A finale that crowns the truth, not the man
I am Evelina Maren, the strategist who chose batteries over banners. He is Kael, the heir who chose accountability over a crown. Together we rewrote the rules—and found a future worth counting.
Genre: Romance
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