Bound by an ancestral engagement, Claire Carter weds into the Hale Family, only to be deserted by groom Rylan Hale on their wedding day for his old flame.Three years later, upon Rylan’s return, she endures slander and abuse, until Emperor Julian Crowe saves her and brings down the Hales. Humiliated again at her birth family Carter’s birthday feast, Claire cuts them off after her imperial status comes to light. Julian metes out justice to the Carters and crowns her Empress.
