The Ugly Daughter Returns as Queen

Lina Navera leaves the forest to win crown prince Lark from his betrothed Verei.

Lina Navera enters the world with bark skin and thorn hair, so her beauty-obsessed parents abandon her in the Forbidden Forest. A witch raises her, and Lark accepts her appearance without hesitation. An enchanted stream changes Lina's face and reveals that Lark is Riviera's crown prince, already betrothed to noblewoman Verei. Refusing to walk away lands Lina in prison, so she joins the Rite of Blossoms to claim him. As Verei plots and the forest dies, Lina uncovers a dark family secret.

• Fantasy
• Revenge
• Royalty

1. Lina Navera has bark skin and thorn hair
2. A witch raises her in the Forbidden Forest
3. Lark is Riviera's crown prince betrothed to Verei

Anyone who likes stories about overlooked characters claiming their place