Raised together within the palace walls, the princess and the court jester Rowan Marrow have spent years hiding a love neither of them dares confess. But when foreign princes begin arriving to compete for the princess’s hand, the fragile distance Rowan has forced between them starts to unravel. Torn between duty and desire, the princess must decide whether the crown is worth sacrificing the only person who has ever truly known her — while Rowan struggles to survive loving someone he was never meant to have.