Beyond The Crown

Genres: contemporary romance, interracial/multicultural

Tropes: king & queen, Black woman lead, romance, slow burn, he falls first, emotional, meaningful spice (open doors, level 3 baby!)

Even in 2025, some crowns are earned...and some are forced into place.

To save her homeland, Princess Isabelle Nicole Angela Wyndham agrees to a loveless marriage to King Alexander, a widowed ruler with four children and a palace full of loyal hearts. Isabelle has had a lifetime of royal lessons drilled into her by her mother, Queen Sophia, but all she ever wanted was freedom, not a throne.

Thrown into the role of Queen in a foreign land, Isabelle arrives bitter, beautiful, and blazing with fire. However, what she doesn’t expect is to be met with warmth. The people, the children, even the palace staff, begin to melt her icy resolve. And the king? Distant, guarded, and powerful, Alexander watches as his new wife transforms the very soul of his kingdom.

As they raise his children and lead side by side, duty turns into something tender. Glances linger. Walls crumble. And maybe, oh, just maybe, this marriage of convenience could lead to a love written in the stars.