The Alliance Bride by S. C. Jain

Some lives are shaped by neglect. Others are rewritten by love.

Poorvi Sisodiya grows up in a palace that never truly claims her. An illegitimate princess, she learns early how to exist quietly—never asking, never expecting, never belonging. Love, for her, is something other people are allowed to have.
Vihaan Singh Shekawat is raised to command—strategist, protector, the steady hand behind a powerful royal family. He knows duty, loyalty, and control. What he doesn’t know is how to ignore the woman who sees herself as invisible… or how to stop choosing her every single day.
Their marriage is born from politics, not promises. From a deal meant to strengthen alliances—not hearts. But when Vihaan refuses to treat Poorvi like an obligation, and Poorvi slowly learns what it means to be wanted without condition, something far more dangerous than duty begins to grow.
In a world where bloodlines matter more than people, and silence has always been her armor, Poorvi must decide if she’s brave enough to claim the space Vihaan is so determined to give her.

This is not a story about a princess finding her place. This is a story about a woman learning she was never misplaced at all.