The Sunstone Deception

In my first life, I was Roksana Vereska, a celebrated alchemist who watched helplessly as a monstrous plague claimed my husband and a shadowy beast tore my son from my arms. Executed for failing to stop the devastation, I awoke ten years in the past, a foolish, flirty debutante once again. This time, I will not fail. To secure the resources for my research, I must make a deal with the one man I despise: General Zorian Volkov, the cold-hearted commander who saw me as an enemy. I'll play the part of a charming airhead, a gilded fool he can't help but underestimate, all while secretly hunting for a cure and my family's future murderers. But with every life I save, the timeline twists into unfamiliar shapes. A new, more intelligent threat emerges from the shadows, and Zorian's piercing gaze sees far too much. He is my rival, my unwilling patron, and the key to everything... but can I unravel the conspiracy that binds us before my own deception becomes my undoing?