A Mother's Hope is all I had
In a kingdom where bloodlines dictate power and orphans are easily forgotten, one noblewoman dares to open her heart.
Lady Amalia von Edelhardt mourns the loss of her stillborn daughter in quiet solitude, until a chance encounter with a kind, ragged girl awakens something long buried: hope. The girl’s name is Liora, a commoner orphan clinging to life and guilt after the tragic deaths of her parents and little sister.
Drawn to Liora’s gentle strength, Amalia takes her in, not as a servant, but as family. In the warmth of House Edelhardt, Liora forms bonds with Amalia’s children: Michael, Elias, Mathilde, Annalise and Leopold. But as Liora becomes the heart of the family, shadows stir beyond the garden.
Lady Amalia’s estranged brother, Hadrian, waits for his chance to seize power. When tragedy strikes and Amalia dies under mysterious circumstances, Liora is left standing between the children and the world’s cruel machinations. Only a teenage girl, she must navigate noble politics, court whispers, and a forbidden affection that begins to bloom from the boy who once called her “sister.”
As secrets of the Edelhardt bloodline unravel and war looms at the kingdom’s borders, Liora must decide what kind of protector she will become and whether love has a place in a life built on sacrifice.
