Vainglorious

If you think Henry VIII was tyrannical… you haven't met the czar.

Growing up the grand duchess, Ekaterina's life was more gilded cage than glitz In this alternative history timeline. She had no choice but to follow her father, the czar's, every command or become "forever indisposed" like her mother was. This included marrying the womanizing and power-hungry Prince Gregor.

Determined to rule her own life, Ekaterina must go through great lengths to try and save herself. Can she find a way to thwart the powerful men attempting to control her, or will her dream lead to an even bigger nightmare?

A prequel to Braxton's Century Volume I, set in the fabulously glittering Russian court of the early 1880s, Vainglorious's look into Grand Duchess Ekaterina life enlightens readers as to why she'll later be so closely drawn to Prince Braxton.