The Villainess Who Stole Tomorrow - A Reborn Noblewoman Fantasy Romance of Court Betrayal and a Ruthless Duke #1012368

Evelina Rosethorne was condemned once for a crime the court invented, and the bell that killed her still rings in her bones.

When she wakes thirty days before her execution, Evelina knows the prince's sorrow is an act, her saintly half sister is selling lies as mercy, and the kingdom's most powerful men have learned how to buy tomorrow before it arrives. Her only chance is to steal the evidence first: a forbidden ledger, a rose-gold key, and the truth her mother died protecting.

To survive the court that already buried her name, Evelina makes a public bargain with Aurelian Voss, the ruthless Duke of Northwatch. He was the only man who tried to save her in the life she lost. Now he is feared, wounded, and far too honorable for a kingdom built on beautiful corruption. Their alliance should be cold strategy, but every stolen document, poisoned witness, and dangerous choice pulls them closer to a future neither of them can afford to trust.

If Evelina fails, the court will write her ending again. If she wins, every noble who bought someone else's tomorrow will have to face the woman they should have left dead.

What to expect: reborn villainess redemption, ruthless duke protector, court conspiracy, fake courtship alliance, time-regression mystery, slow-burn fantasy romance.