«The Substitute Bride, or Selection with a Catch» — a novel by Надежда Олешкевич in the genres of transmigration to other worlds and romantic fantasy.
In the morning, I almost bound myself in marriage to a scoundrel—and by evening I woke up in the body of a duke’s daughter. How did this happen? I read a few lines from a book, entered a promo code—and… found myself as a participant in a selection.
No one warns the girls in advance about the rules and trials. The losing girls aren’t sent home. The prince keeps disappearing, hides his face behind a mask, and behaves more and more suspiciously.
But the most incredible thing isn’t that. It’s as if I’m trapped in someone else’s body: I can’t control it, I’m forced to carry out orders, and I must give the groom a special “gift.”
And there’s still one man who stays in the shadows… Who is he, and why does it increasingly seem to me that I won’t be able to get out of here alive?