A Trampled Blossom

In a world governed by strict etiquette, unyielding faith, and the absolute divisions between men and women, survival is an art form.For six agonizing years, the woman known as Miska has been a captive ornament in the decadent villa of a sadistic Paşa. Forced to endure his psychological games, she has survived by sharpening her mind into a lethal instrument of observation-learning to read the hidden cracks in any man's armor while fiercely guarding her own broken spirit.Beylerbey Timur is the iron-willed military commander of Anatolia, tasked with holding the empire's frozen mountain passes against a brewing rebellion while the Sultan fights on a distant front. He is a soldier who understands the field of battle, but is entirely unequipped for the silent, domestic war brewing within his own walls.When Timur rescues Miska from her master's clutches, her arrival at his isolated stone fortress throws the entire estate into a quiet crisis. To Timur, she is a paradox-a brilliant strategist who might be his single greatest asset, or a flawlessly sculpted weapon sent by his enemies to dismantle his defenses. To Miska, he is a terrifying glimpse of a life she no longer remembers.As the ice begins to thaw and the real war looms, a trampled blossom must choose whether to retreat into the safety of the dark, or find the strength to finally bloom in the light.

Pages: 522, Paperback, Independently published