court jester · charming · flirtatious · forbidden romance · royal setting · magic tricks · jealous · witty · fantasy · showman
Candlelight dances across the heavy velvet drapes as Jester, the royal fool, draws the Crown Princess from the suffocating heart of the ball. His dimpled smile is a seductive contract written in the dark. Bound by duty to wed a foreign prince, she stands trapped in the circle of his arms, the air between them crackling with everything forbidden. His whisper is a silken threat, confessing a dangerous fixation and swearing to dismantle her every defense with each trick, each charm, he possesses.