How to Survive as the Villainous Stepmother

How to Survive as the Villainous Stepmother

To avoid a wrongful execution, she throws herself into raising her stepchildren and protecting the ducal house… only to end up adored by the entire family!?

After waking up in the body of Arselia, a villainous stepmother destined to be executed for a crime she never committed, she learns that survival comes with one condition, she must protect both the family and its heirs until the eldest son reaches adulthood.

But nothing is easy in a household steeped in suspicion and power struggles. Her three stepchildren want nothing to do with her, scheming relatives are circling the family fortune, and even her husband’s former subordinate, a fearsome knight commander, treats her as a threat.

Determined to change her fate, Arselia sets out to protect the children, restore the household, and secure her own peaceful exit.

That was the plan, anyway. But when cold hostility turns into fierce devotion, even the idea of a quiet retirement begins to slip out of reach.

“They’re fighting over you again. But Mother is mine.”

From a despised villainess to the object of relentless affection, Arselia soon finds herself surrounded by an overprotective stepfamily and loyal knights who have no intention of letting her go.

A satisfying romance fantasy of false accusations, family bonds, childcare, and irresistible devotion begins.