When Elinor, a humble maid with a healer’s gift, is rushed into the prince’s chambers to tend a life-threatening wound, she believes their worlds will touch only for a moment. But the moment she meets Prince Edmond’s gaze—soft with pain, fierce with gratitude—everything changes.

Bound to duty and destined for a royal marriage, Edmond should forget the girl who saved him. Yet Elinor’s quiet strength, her gentle hands, and her brave heart undo him in ways no courtly lady ever has. And Elinor, despite her better judgment, cannot stop the pull she feels toward the prince who sees her—not as a servant, but as someone who matters.

Every stolen glance, every whispered conversation, draws them closer…and deeper into a love that is as impossible as it is undeniable.

But the castle walls hold secrets, the king has plans for his heir, and the world has no mercy for a prince who dares to love beneath his station—or for the girl who dares to love him back.

In a kingdom ruled by duty, can a love born in quiet moments survive the weight of a crown? Or will the cost of their hearts be too high to pay?

A tender, sweeping romance about forbidden love, breathtaking devotion, and the courage it takes to hold onto something worth risking everything for.