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My Brother Bet I'd Be Dead by Spring, So I Made My Ruin the Strongest March in the Realm

A serialized novel · 32 chapters published · 3 free to read

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For refusing to be sold to pay her brother's gambling debt, the king's unwanted daughter is handed a dead border fortress, its debts and three hundred starving people, and the crown prince bets the court she'll be dead by spring. She takes the bet herself.

Tropes & themes: secret parentage · exile · female lead · palace intrigue · fantasy kingdom · revenge · found family · timeless fantasy · slow burn · sibling rivalry

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Coin for His Debt (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Seed Grain (free)
  3. Chapter 3: Back Pay (free)
  4. Chapter 4: What My Head Was Worth (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: Wool and Grain (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: The Bridge at the Ditch (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: The Prince at the Gate (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: Midwinter (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: The River Lord's Tower (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: Not Here (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: The Winter Assize (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: Market Town (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: The First Market (free with an account)
  14. Chapter 14: The Archer (free with an account)
  15. Chapter 15: The Spring Court (free with an account)
  16. Chapter 16: The Witness (free with an account)
  17. Chapter 17: Not His Daughter (locked)
  18. Chapter 18: Penhal Chooses (locked)
  19. Chapter 19: The Old Lady of the North (locked)
  20. Chapter 20: Parley (locked)
  21. Chapter 21: Fire in the Market (locked)
  22. Chapter 22: The March (locked)
  23. Chapter 23: Katell's Price (locked)
  24. Chapter 24: The Empty Chair (locked)
  25. Chapter 25: The Barge (locked)
  26. Chapter 26: The River Lord's Boats (locked)
  27. Chapter 27: The King (locked)
  28. Chapter 28: Two of Three (locked)
  29. Chapter 29: The Prince on Trial (locked)
  30. Chapter 30: The Deciding Voice (locked)
  31. Chapter 31: The Names on the Wall (locked)
  32. Chapter 32: The Hill Road (locked)

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