His Virgin, His Concubine

After nineteen years of being called fat, ugly, and worthless by her own family, Leyla Razavi thought her betrothal to Lord Kemal was proof she could be wanted-until her engagement celebration becomes her public execution. The dress her sister Yasmin secretly altered strains obscenely across her voluptuous body as three dozen noble guests watch it tear at the seams, their cruel laughter filling the hall. Before Leyla can even escape the humiliation, her father announces a change: the graceful Yasmin will marry Lord Kemal instead, while Leyla will be sent to the Sultan's harem as a political offering. As the man she loved extends his hand to her sister without a backward glance, and her mother's satisfied smirk confirms this was orchestrated all along, Leyla realizes the full scope of her family's betrayal-and that her fate as an unwanted decoration in the imperial harem is already sealed.