{"product_id":"the-egregious-affair-of-a-kayliani-shi-9798234007193","title":"The Egregious Affair of a Cold-Hearted King: The Shadowed Throne Chronicles, #1.5","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe saw salvation in her chains.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe saw damnation in his eyes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrown Prince Azriel Faundor has learned to live by cruelty. Groomed to inherit both a throne and his father's ruthlessness, he hides his fractured humanity behind steel and ceremony-until he discovers Nadia, a forgotten elf queen hidden beneath his castle. Her sorrow stirs compassion in him, but soon that fragile pity curdles into something darker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as mercy festers into obsession, and his version of love becomes her prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped by prophecy and his delusion, Nadia learns that the only thing keeping her alive aside from her blessed blood is fear. She dreams of escape, of silence, of death, of freedom-but fate has other designs, and her unwilling union will give rise to the curse that damns them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBound by sin, betrayal, and a love twisted into horror, this is how a king was broken, a curse was seeded, and a queen bore its beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe addictive prequel to The Sinuous Bargain of a Cowardly Prince!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kayliani Shi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234007193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candescent Ink Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Kayliani Shi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659810582783,"sku":"9798234007193","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-egregious-affair-of-a-kayliani-shi-9798234007193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}