Mara Sterling: My Deal with Desire

The night that should have crowned Mara Sterling instead destroys her. A single announcement turns love into public humiliation and power into exile. Branded a fraud and hunted by the men who once promised to protect her, she flees through a storm that seems to chase her name. But the crash that should have ended her life delivers her into the hands of someone far more dangerous-an empire built on secrets, led by a man who never believes in coincidence.
Between the truth her father died for and the control of those who own the city, Mara must learn whether survival means surrender or starting a war. Because in a world that feeds on betrayal, even fallen girls can bite back.