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When a princess is forced to marry a Dark Fae prince she's never met, she does what any resourceful woman would—she bolts in the dead of night to secretly practice her forbidden magic as a midwife. But when her fiancé and his terrifying commander come to collect her, she makes a desperate choice: disguise herself as a male warrior and infiltrate their elite fae academy instead. Now she's sharing a dorm room with the arrogant prince who's supposed to be her husband, hiding earth-shattering secrets, and discovering that nothing in the fae realm is quite what it seems. As dangerous powers converge and her dual identity threatens to unravel everything, she realizes she might be the only one who can change the fate of two worlds—if her heart doesn't betray her first.
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Ethereal fae magic meets reluctant duty in this slow-burn fantasy romance. Layer indie folk and orchestral strings with haunting vocals—think Hozier, Bon Iver, and Florence + The Machine. Capture the tension between defiance and destiny, soft yet resolute.
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