ohhh both Sweetheart and Wind sound very RTMI to my interest, thank you for the rec!

have you seen Who Stole the Empress? Icy competent empress gets deposed, tortured and left to die by her evil husband, a general from the other country picks her up and basically swears fealty to her. there's also an inexplicable healing powers soulbond and lot of high-concept nonsense, but it's fun (and the empress has a lot of loyal ladies she calls on to intrigue). the first season is all post-traumatic bonding and it's done, the second part is Get the Empire Back arc, in process now.