Chased by the Desert Sun

Tasmira remembers reading The Crimson Crown of Zirqand and knowing one thing: Emperor Koshkar is a beautiful, bloodthirsty tyrant who destroys anyone who defies him. Waking up pregnant with his child, this proud and prickly transmigrator did the only logical thing - she ran. Five years later, a frantic chase through the spice markets forces Tasmira to hide in the most dangerous place of all: the Imperial Palace, disguised as a lowly incense-tender. She thinks she is playing a brilliant game of cat-and-mouse, dodging Koshkar’s obsessive manhunt while working right under his nose. But the tension shatters when her sassy five-year-old son wanders into the royal gardens and demands a piggyback ride from a towering, golden-eyed man who looks exactly like him. Koshkar's terrifying obsession instantly pivots from world-burning fury to suffocating, sweet devotion. Yet, as Koshkar traps her in a cage of silk and affection, Tasmira discovers a startling diary in her own handwriting. Did her original self intentionally wipe her memories and orchestrate this desperate flight to protect them both? Will Tasmira let down her prickly defenses before the palace’s true enemies strike?