Indebted to the Royal Pain
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Last published Tue, Feb 18, 2014
Perfect daughter by day, perfect disgrace by night. Astrid lives in a world where she is expected to be a perfect young woman. And she hates it. To deal with the depressing expectations, at night Astrid breaks all the rules. She jousts, fences, does archery, you name it, all under the guise of "Luca". But what happens when Luca out jousts a prince? And when prince Simon finds out Luca is a she?
All hell breaks loose, and the only way for Astrid to protect her family's title is to become indebted to the royal pain in her ass. The embarrassment of it all just might kill her, if society doesn't first.
All Astrid wants is to be her rebel self but she has to live in the castle with the royal family and serve Simon. If that wasn't bad enough, both princes are giving of really weird vibes and did Simon just try to kiss her? And why the hell does Astrid's best friend Raphael hate the prince more than she does? Whatever is going on, Astrid is seriously reconsidering what exactly it means to be indebted to the royal pain.
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