The Moon of the Empire is Courting Me

Baron Aurelian Bellafonte has spent his entire life in the sunny southern farmlands, far away from the schemes and scandals of the imperial capital. Kind-hearted, sheltered, and hopelessly unfamiliar with noble society, he only wants to survive his first social season and make a few friends.

Instead, he somehow catches the attention of the most unattainable woman in the empire.

Duchess Seraphina Vaelmont—the Queen's sister, commander of the Royal Knights, and the legendary "Moon of the Empire"—is feared by nobles and admired by commoners alike. Cold, powerful, and utterly beyond his reach, she should have no reason to notice a minor southern baron.

So why is she sending him flowers?

Why is she asking him to dance?

And why, in the name of the gods, has the empire's most eligible woman sent him a formal courting letter?

As the capital watches in disbelief, Aurelian finds himself caught in the relentless pursuit of a woman who has never failed to obtain what she desires.

Unfortunately for him, what she desires is him.