The Broken Blade

By Maxine Turner

"He was meant to inherit the crown. Instead, he was forged into a weapon."
Julian DuPont has spent his life in the shadows of a legacy he was never meant to question. Trained to rule but shaped by betrayal, he walks a blade's edge between brotherhood and bloodshed. When whispers of a stolen heir ignite the streets of Paris, the delicate mask of the DuPont dynasty begins to crack-revealing three brothers with one throne between them.

Caught between the manipulations of his father's advisor, mile Cartier, and the return of the brother he was raised to despise, Julian must navigate a world of royal deceit, political scandal, and dangerous alliances. As an investigative journalist digs into his family's secrets and an old flame tests the walls around his heart, Julian is forced to ask: Is he a leader, or just the sharpest knife in someone else's hand? As loyalties fracture and long-buried truths rise, Julian must make a choice: fight for a legacy that discarded him-or forge a new one from its ashes.

Enemies wear crowns. Family wears masks. And the sharpest blades are the ones broken first.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FMYNKRJP
• ISBN13: 9798296691125
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"