Crumbs For The Crown

Pastry chef Marnie Bellamy transmigrates into a werewolf novel as a powerless royal candidate, enduring months of bullying just to survive and eat a decent meal. At a palace banquet, she suddenly hears the tyrant king Rafe Ashborne's inner voice: beneath his icy facade is a neglected prince sick of cold, bloody meat and craving warm, beautiful desserts. A bowl of pudding makes him cheer inside while he only mutters "acceptable." Using her baking and mind-reading, Marnie survives poison plots, framing, and kidnapping; they save each other's lives and fall in love. She befriends another transmigrator, Nessa, and together they tackle famine and court treachery. When Rafe's family rebels over her pregnancy, he seizes power through a feigned illness and crowns her his only queen. Years later, as a fated flood and death curse close in, Marnie trades her ability to save her dying husband—who wakes to share his entire kingdom with the woman who first fed him something warm.