For Iesha Kahtoreet the world outside the palace is terrifying and unknown. But the unknown offers her something she desperately desires, an escape from the clutches of her shameful past and pre-arranged future.

Iesha has never been away from home or away from her mother’s controlling grasp. At 14, she should know plenty about her kingdom and how to run it. Yet, dancing is the only thing Iesha’s mother deemed worthy of learning; and now she must use that and little else to flee her mother’s demands and save whatever honor she has left.Brash and ignorant, can she let go of her former identity in order to secure the future she wants for herself and no one else? Can a princess raised on “I love you if…” accept the love of an orphan boy saying, “I love you period”?A captivating and suspenseful, romance, set in the land of Crelithia, where one girl and one boy fight for unconditional love amid setbacks, betrayals, and tragedies.

Summary

“Then she looked at me with her tear-filled eyes in a way that unsettled me. ‘Why have you come? Who are you?’ It was hard to tell but she almost looked as if she knew the answer to the latter question and was watching to see if I would tell the truth or lie.”

Chapter 1

My name is Iesha and I’m beautiful despite my condition.

#Truth