Crowns Legacy, Book One: a gentle later-in-life romance
She isn't looking to capture the Commander's grieving heart.
Opal Whilstead knows she has a reputation: a reputation as a bright, giving, upright woman-smiling and laughing her way through hopeless spinsterhood. It's been so long since she's had serious feelings for a man, but now she finds herself taken with the Commander Exemplar of Diachona's army.
And she regrets it. Not only is the Exemplar a widower still longing for his wife, but he's the father of the reigning king. Even if a man of such prestige could find love again, he'd be unlikely to search for it among the kingdom's old maids. Besides, Opal dreads being found, due to a grievous secret she carries... Enjoy this romantic tale from another time, in a fictional world.