When We Pretended Not to Love

Ava Sadler is told she has only six months left to live, and she resolves to spare her husband, Emperor Ash Stanton, from the grief she expects to follow. Their marriage sits at the center of a royal court where feelings are rarely spoken aloud. Ava must decide how to face her final months while keeping her heartache hidden from the man she loves, and every quiet gesture between them carries the weight of what she refuses to say.