In their first life, she cast him aside like trash. When they met again, he ruled the criminal underworld — and was dangerously obsessed with her.After a fatal gunshot reset everything, he became her bodyguard. She was now a young lady. Passion and cold distance collided.Betrayed and broken before, she now plays the seductive Black Swan, locked in a twisted romance with her fiancé.Through the shadows, he protects her at all costs.She is his obsession.His faith.And he'd sacrifice everything to keep her alive.
Maya Thornton, the Marquis Valen, is reborn six years after her death. Six years ago,moments after giving birth, she was murdered by her husband and his mistress while lying weak and vulnerable. Now, she wakes in the body of Talia York, a delicate and vain daughter of a military household. The original Talia has betrayed her fiancé, Tristan Wren, the Deputy Commander of the Regal Army, and become entangled with a frivolous young man. With her soul now in Talia's body, Maya secretly follows Tristan to the military camp while disguising herself as a man. There, on the very training grounds she once commanded in her past life, she throws herself into grueling training. She is determined to reclaim her martial prowess and returns to the capital to take her revenge and once again protect the realm.
Der Zusteller Liam Dobler gerät zufällig in einen Streit zwischen Marie Sigl und ihrem skrupellosen Onkel Ludwig Goldbach, der die Fracht ihrer Familie stehlen will. Liam deckt den Plan auf und rettet Marie, indem er sich vor eine Kugel wirft. Fasziniert von seinem Mut, erklärt sie ihn zu ihrem Mann – doch Liam ist bereits mit der geldgierigen Emma Schmidt verlobt. Kurz vor der Hochzeit presst Emmas Familie immer mehr Geld aus Liams verzweifelter Mutter. Als Marie davon erfährt, stürmt sie die Trauung, beeindruckt alle mit ihrer Entschlossenheit und entführt den Bräutigam. Am Ende heiraten die beiden selbst – gegen alle Konventionen.