Romance Guide

Setting/Genre: Eastern-style

Keywords: Alternate history, royalty/nobility, class difference, possessiveness/jealousy, forbidden relationship, fated love, love-hate relationship, dominant male lead, obsessive male lead, bad boy, devoted male lead, younger male lead, competent female lead, emotionally guarded female lead, innocent female lead, angst, high-intensity romance

Male Protagonist:

Yeon Woohee (21 years old) – A trusted aide of the king. A war orphan of common birth who was taken in and raised by his master at a young age. He has loved Hae Jinya, his master’s wife, for as long as he can remember.

Female Protagonist:

Hae Jinya (26 years old) – The eldest daughter of an esteemed noble family. She was married off to Seon Jubyeol at the age of ten. After his death, she is forced into marriage with Woohee, her late husband’s disciple.

Read this when: You want to witness a male lead who has lost himself to a forbidden love.

Relatable Quote:

It’s such a sin, and yet, it feels so good.

Who would pity her now? A widow who sullied her mourning clothes with pleasure.

Story Introduction

She was his master’s woman.

The only way to have her was to take her.

After losing her husband, Hae Jinya is forced into a harsh reality—

A remarriage to her late husband’s beloved disciple, Yeon Woohee.

Hae Jinya refuses to accept this immoral relationship.

“Can’t you see? I’ve loved you since I was a child. And you’ve loved me too.”

“No. That never happened. I was already another man’s wife.”

“No. The only man you have ever loved is me.”

Between love and sin, Hae Jinya’s heart slowly begins to lean toward Woohee—

All while bearing the seed of ruin within her.