The Silent Princess: A Winter's Crown

Nova has scrubbed floors and served meals in Frostholm Palace for eight winters, hiding her identity as Princess Nova Winterhart, the rightful heir to the lost Moonstone Kingdom, forced into silence by a lethal curse. She endures watching King Thorne rule, haunted by the mate bond only she feels, yet must remain invisible and silent while longing for him. Nova cannot speak. A magical curse silences her voice if she utters even one word before the Winter Solstice under the light of true love; the spell keeping her three brothers alive in their trapped wolf forms will break, and they will die. So she stays quiet, invisible, and broken-hearted. But during the grand Winter Solstice Festival, everything changes. The evil witch Morgessa, the same witch who destroyed Nova's kingdom, returns to the palace disguised as a noblewoman, planning to seduce King Thorne, steal his power, and claim the legendary Crown of Winter hidden within Nova's heart. When Nova discovers Morgessa's dark spell wrapping around the king's heart, she faces an impossible choice: stay silent and watch her fated mate fall under evil control, or break her curse, speak the truth, and risk her brothers' lives to save the man she loves and her kingdoms from destruction.