The Branded Witc%?(*h is t$!he Prin$ce’s?;/: Bri *^ de
Framed by the decei !#tful+= adopt[ed dau_?gh.=t._?er Eleanor, Ma-tilda suffere?=(#d/ th;\re/; e y#ear[ s- of unbearable torm_ent in a dark m ( onastery. Return;$;ing h :ome w*;ith deep scar=,_s and a branded he art, she found only`# cold violence from her cruel fat:, h++e,_r and blind brot`(he+^r*.
Cutting a) ll ti $ed blood bo n ?ds, Matilda ch[,o o) +ses to? marry\ Killian: @—a seemingl-;y @!=wil*@d `,%[# di sgraced prince. ^^`But behind \(his reckle ss guise lies an ..unwavering- \loy.)!alty. When her past bur-*ns open and \? l!.@o@!^ ng-buried secrets =_, unra ! =vel,** the vici;ous i#m)p[_!ost^er is u nmasked, and her fam#+il y i:\s crushed by b rutal=_^ reg ret. ?Matilda s);teps out `of the ash @`es,# no!#\ longer a victim, but a ,queen.