Still I saw the light

She died because of an ultimatum. She woke up as the villainess of her favorite novel. After a bitter confrontation with her mother, Lena's life comes to a tragic end. But death isn't the end of her story. When she opens her eyes again, Lena discovers that she has transmigrated into Bejeweled Rose, the very novel she once read. And she's not the heroine. She's Lenaris Elsie Dunham—the infamous villainess destined to meet a cruel end. Beautiful. Cunning. Manipulative. Hated by nearly everyone around her. Including her own stepbrothers, Lord Elvin and Lord Veneric Dunham. And to make matters worse, she is bound by an arranged engagement to the cold and enigmatic Prince Caspian Del Rico Regales. According to the original story, Lenaris will eventually lose everything. Her family. Her reputation. Her fiancé. And finally, her life. But Lena has no intention of following a script written for someone else. She'll play the villainess if that's what this world expects. She'll smile when they expect her to cry. She'll scheme when they expect her to surrender. And if the people around her believe Lenaris is a heartless monster... Perhaps it's time to show them just how dangerous a villainess can be. Yet while Lena struggles to build a new life, memories of her old one refuse to disappear. The guilt. The fear. The voice of her mother. And the question that haunts her most: Did she really deserve to die? Now, surrounded by beautiful lies, dangerous nobles, an unwanted engagement, and men who seem determined to despise her, Lena must uncover the secrets hidden beneath Lenaris's notorious reputation. Because the more she learns about the original story... The more she begins to suspect that Bejeweled Rose was never the story she thought it was. And perhaps Lenaris Elsie Dunham was never the true villainess after all. She was simply the woman everyone needed to hate. This time, Lena won't beg for a happy ending. She'll take it.