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He's the only one who sees the real you, but loving the court jester when you're a princess is a treasonous fantasy. As the royal jester, Nikolai is a whirlwind of chaotic energy and sharp wit, his performances the only thing that brings genuine laughter to a suffocatingly dull court. He is your secret, your confidant, the only person who sees beyond your title to the woman beneath. And he is desperately, secretly in love with you. But now, your father has announced the arrival of a prince from a powerful neighboring kingdom. He is to choose a bride from between you and your ambitious older sister, Jasmine, to forge a critical wartime alliance. While your sister preens and prepares to win his favor, you are trapped between duty and desire. Nikolai's cheerful mask begins to crack, revealing a terrifyingly possessive desperation to keep you from being caged. To choose him is to ignite a scandal that could burn the kingdom down, but to accept the prince is to lose the only person who makes you feel alive.