THE SUBSTITUTE HEIRESS CHOOSES HERSELF

Description：
On her mothers deathbed, Chloe learns that the life she has lived for eighteen years was never hers to keep.
Raised in the wealthy Bennett household, Chloe has always known she was different. She was never allowed to call Victor and Eleanor Bennett her parents, yet she grew up surrounded by privilege, education, and a home she quietly feared could be taken away. Her worst fear becomes reality when Claire Hayes appears in the hospital and reveals the truth: Chloe was switched at birth to save her from a violent, impoverished family.
The boy raised in Chloes place, Ethan Hayes, has already returned to his biological parents and reclaimed his birthright as Ethan Bennett. Their reunion is anything but simple. He is proud, wounded, and consumed by feelings he cannot name, while Chloe is left mourning a mother she barely knew and grieving a family that was never truly hers.
Before Chloe can decide what she wants, the Hayes relatives seize control. They drag her back to their crumbling farmhouse and insist she honor a marriage arrangement bought with a bride price. Her education, money, and future are suddenly treated as family property.
With danger closing in and no one willing to protect her without demanding something in return, Chloe chooses the only path left: escape. But leaving the Bennett family behind will not erase the bonds, betrayals, or unanswered questions tying her to Ethan. To survive, Chloe must stop asking where she belongs and begin building a life no one else can claim.
Author Biography：
An Zhao crafts intimate historical romance set against vast political upheaval and changing worlds.