Surrender (War Prize Book 2)

A young woman from the countryside plunges into the deep waters of the imperial capital and becomes the cherished madam of a mysterious duke’s mansion.

Ren Yujia is more likely to be found picking mulberries on the mountainside than collecting tokens from admirers until her aloof family calls her back to the capital to wed. Surrender follows the steps of a fourth-rank official’s second daughter who was sent away from the capital after birth and returns to find that the seemingly opulent lifestyle of her family hides a wealth of ugliness. Everything is a world away from the warmth of the village where she was raised—as are the inexplicable changes that creep upon her day by day. When she’s rescued from a ruinous marriage by a duke with an empty, phantom-filled mansion, Yujia finds herself immersed in intrigues far beyond her ken.