Katy Fairchild is an orphan and knows that no respectable man will marry her. But when a storm throws her into the arms of a mysterious stranger, will she fight society's opinion of her low status to pursue a forbidden romance? ***** At the age of nine, Katy Fairchild was brought to the small village of Wilshire to live with her distant relations, the Banes family. Brought up as a companion to their daughter, Eliza, Katy has lived a life according to her low rank and limited opportunities, and without complaint. But one day when she is nineteen, she gets caught in a dangerous storm with a handsome man who is unlike anyone she's met before. The encounter throws Katy into a world she never knew. For the first time, a better life may be just around the corner, but is she prepared to fight for it? [[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]] Cover designed by Cil Ojumo

Book 3 of The Sovereign Series (Book 1 Fighting Kane on Dreame app and Book 2 Conquering Kolton) He's a prince. She a servant. With his Coming of Age Ball approaching, Kade has to figure out a way to choose his little servant girl as his mate without upsetting the apple cart at the palace. "Everyone wants to find their mate," Alistair told her. "Well, with the exception of Lawrence, that is. He'd be happy just being with Sasha." A scowl rippled over her friend's face. The emotion passed quickly, and Meredith bit the inside of her cheeks to stem her anger at her friend's true other half. "I don't," she told him, smiling gently. "I...I..." She looked away again, taking a deep breath before blowing it out slowly. "You've fallen for someone else. Someone who's not your mate," Alistair guessed astutely. He hadn't known her for all these years for nothing. She simply nodded, still unable to look him in the eye. "I think I love him, but I know I can't have him." "Is it someone above your station? Is that why?" he prodded, watching her eyes flicker with uncertainty before she looked him dead in the eye and nodded. "He's well above my station," she said. "Miles above. " "Does he feel the same way about you?" Her head tilted, thinking. "He says he does, and that he wants to be with me - only me - but it...it's a sticky situation." There was a pause as Alistair thought about it. He'd had his suspicions for a while now. He was one of the servants who had taken many of the letters Prince Kade had written and told him to give to Meredith. His best friend duties didn't stop at love notes or urging Meri to spill the beans on her life, and he took them all very seriously.