Crowned by Her Own Illusion

Emperor Edmund Godfrey of Duflana returns from six years of war with his devoted empress, Isabel Zeller, at his side. But a single moment of pity unleashes a tragedy—Clarisse Langley, a maid he rescues, mistakes his kindness for love and murders Isabel, believing she is meant to be empress. What follows is a reckoning no one will escape.

Emperor Edmund Godfrey of Duflana returns from six years of war with his devoted empress, Isabel Zeller, at his side. But a single moment of pity unleashes a tragedy—Clarisse Langley, a maid he rescues, mistakes his kindness for love and murders Isabel, believing she is meant to be empress. What follows is a reckoning no one will escape.