The Suitors' Ball |MxM|

Fantasy|Romance|Mystery
Ferdinand doesn't want to get married or have children, but as the heir to an elvish duchy, his father demands it of him. All he wants is to play violin and flirt with cute boys. Whilst on an illicit musical outing he's drawn to a quiet bard he'd like to pursue named Adesh. But Ferdinand's father has ordered a series of balls to be held in order to find his son a noble suitor.
Worse, someone at the ball has more malicious intentions than marriage. Soon Ferdinand and Adesh are unwittingly following a dark trail of murder and necromancy, even as they struggle with their differences and attraction to one another.

A murder mystery and t4t romance set in an early 1700s-europe-inspired fantasy setting.

Updates whenever I have time to write
Currently at ~24k, shooting for novella length

Content warnings: Transphobia, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Abusive/controlling family

Let me know if there's anything else you would like me to tag a warning for!

[cover illustration by: knightfool (that's me!!) ]