Villainess, Give Me Back My Son

She died at her desk. She woke up as the most hated woman in the kingdom. And her only plan was to do absolutely nothing.

When overworked office drone Ceci drops dead from exhaustion, she opens her eyes as Lady Vivienne Ashcroft — the infamous villainess of a fantasy game, one month away from public execution. But instead of chasing the prince, fighting the heroine, or scheming for the throne, Vivienne sells half her fortune, moves to a seaside villa, and commits to the most ambitious goal of her new life: retirement.

Then she finds the egg.

A massive white shell, trapped in a forest stream with a fading heartbeat inside. She takes it home — just out of responsibility, obviously — and when it hatches, out tumbles a baby boy with silver hair, tiny horns, and a scaled tail. She names him Ren.

She doesn't know he's the missing heir to the Dragon Empire. She doesn't know an entire war was launched to find him. And she definitely doesn't know that the terrifyingly powerful man who breaks into her house at midnight — Gariel, Emperor of the Dragons — is about to turn her quiet life upside down.

Because dragon babies imprint on the first person they see. Ren chose Vivienne. And until the anchor bond fades, she and the emperor are stuck together.

What starts as an awkward custody arrangement becomes something neither of them expected. Gariel, the feared ruler who hasn't smiled in years, learns to hold his son because Vivienne teaches him how. Vivienne, the woman who wanted nothing, finds herself defending Ren with shadow magic and a sharp tongue against spies, traitors, and the emperor's own treacherous family.

Between a vengeful ex-empress who wants Ren as a weapon, an adopted sister whose obsession with Gariel turns lethal, and a conspiracy that stretches from the dungeon to the throne, Vivienne will need every ounce of the magic she swore she'd never use again.

But the real danger isn't the enemies at the gate. It's the emperor who brings her flowers, makes her tea, and looks at her like she's the only person in the world — and the terrifying realization that she might actually want to stay.

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