London, 1800s. The capital buzzes with anticipation. After years abroad, the young prince has returned-handsome, arrogant, and at the ripe age of twenty-two. With the royal bloodline on everyone's mind, the court demands a queen, and a dazzling debutante ball is summoned to find her. As the daughters of nobility scramble for silks, rouge, and powdered curls, one young woman stands apart. Arabella, a clever, sharp-tongued nurse from humble roots, has no dreams of tiaras or titles. But when her mother-renowned for her pastries-is summoned to bake for the palace, Arabella agrees to help, unable to let her family miss out on the generous royal coin. It was supposed to be simple. Bake. Serve. Leave. Until one accidental moment... And one entitled, self-serving prince... Throws Arabella into a scandal neither of them saw coming. In a world ruled by etiquette, wealth, and secrets, what begins as an unfortunate mishap might just set the stage not only romance- but murder, heartache and treatury.

𝖔𝖍 𝖍𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖞, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖉𝖔𝖊𝖘𝖓'𝖙 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖆 𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖋𝖆𝖈𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖘, 𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖌𝖚𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖆𝖘 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖔𝖚'𝖛𝖊 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 ⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽༓☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ love is dangerous, loving him is deadly, i tasted the sweetness of sin once, and i became addicted, am i crazy? maybe. but my dark King is worth more than any knight in shining armor. and beautifully fucked up are we. ⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽༓☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ a/n : mature viewers only you will meet the love interest in chapter 4/5 ♡ ⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽༓☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ #boardingschool : 1 #bad : 17 #richkids : 1 #romance : 7 #teenfiction : 5 #teenromance : 1 BOOK 1 IN A TRILOGY