An Imperial Marriage

At the German imperial court at the turn of the century, passion and politics collide in this forgotten romantic thriller. Althea Korper finds herself at the center of a dangerous triangle: Paul Bastable, the Berlin correspondent who has loved her silently, and Prince von Graven, a royal betrothed to another but unable to deny his feelings for her. As the prince's engagement to Princess von Altenvelt proceeds, Althea discovers her own identity carries explosive implications her father, Baron von Ringheim, a figure tied to revolutionary politics. When arrest threatens, she must turn to the one man who might save her, even as jealousy and betrayal swirl through the court's glittering halls. This is a novel about what happens when love collides with duty, and when the personal becomes irrevocably political.