The Joker and the Queen
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At court, he is the fool. She is the crown. Their clandestine love is the most magnificent treason of all.
Each night, Princess Élodie escapes the suffocating walls of the palace disguised beneath the veil and plain dress of a maid. Beyond the reach of watchful nobles and whispered expectations, she meets a stranger in the moonlit gardens, a man whose laughter feels more honest than anything within the royal court.
Laurent knows her only as a veiled servant girl.
Élodie knows him only as a man who sees her as something more than a future queen.
But the illusion cannot last forever.
For Laurent is the court's jester, hidden behind painted smiles and mocking bells, while the woman he has fallen for is the very Princess seated above him at court. Even after the truth is unveiled, neither can abandon the dangerous bond forged between them in secret.
As their forbidden relationship deepens, Élodie's loyal servant Sabine is forced to conceal the Princess's nightly disappearances by taking her place within the royal chambers. Yet the deception grows perilous when King Auguste arrives at court and mistakes Sabine for his future bride.
Now the palace is tangled in secrets:
a king falling for the wrong woman,
a servant mistaken for royalty,
a princess slipping through shadows,
and a fool who dares to love the crown itself.
In a kingdom built upon appearances, one wrong step could destroy them all.
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