Description: In her first life, Claire Ashford loves Adrian Blackwood enough to marry him against every warning. It ends in horror. Adrian returns from war with a wild, beautiful wolf girl at his side, locks Claire away, declares her dead, and leaves her and her unborn child to a brutal end. Worse, the people Claire trusts most betray her one by one. When Claire opens her eyes again, she is back before her ruin is complete. This time, she refuses to die quietly. With the memories of her first life intact, Claire begins to move through the imperial capital like a woman walking into battle. She takes in Lyra-the same dangerous girl tied to her downfall-and turns a threat into a weapon. Around her, old loyalties crack, noble houses scheme, beasts prowl the night, and the court grows more vicious by the day. Adrian still wants to keep his hold on her. Powerful men want to use her name, her family, and her future. Claire intends to use them first. But revenge is only the beginning. To survive, Claire must navigate political marriage, blood-soaked succession struggles, and a world where a woman's life is valued only as long as it serves someone else's ambition. If she cannot seize power before power crushes her again, she will lose everything a second time. And this time, Claire has no intention of stopping at survival. Author Biography: Emily Parker is a contemporary romance author known for emotionally rich stories of love, longing, and second chances.