Not Her Prince Charming
Princess Seraphina Elmsworth has spent her whole life being looked at and never once being seen. Every bow, every compliment, every suitor lined up by the crown wants something from....
Princess Seraphina Elmsworth has spent her whole life being looked at and never once being seen. Every bow, every compliment, every suitor lined up by the crown wants something from her, not her. Then, the night before the tournament held in her honor, she sneaks out of the palace and meets a stranger who has no idea she's royalty, and even less patience for pretending to care. His name is Gideon Ashcombe, a stableboy with nothing to his name but a father's ruined reputation and a grudge against every noble who ever looked down on him. He's blunt. He's furious at the world she comes from. And he's the first person who's ever spoken to her like she's just a girl. As Gideon rises from the stables to knighthood's edge to lieutenant of the Queen's Guard, fate keeps binding him to the one woman he swore never to want, even as the crown pushes Seraphina toward a marriage that could secure the kingdom and destroy her heart. A masked ball. A stolen night. A secret buried in the fall of Gideon's own family, one that reaches further into the throne than anyone dares to say out loud. He was never meant to be her prince charming. He might be something better.