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.
Mocked for sport and painted in jest, Laurent is the king's most trusted advisor, a keen mind shrewdly concealed behind the jester's mask. Princess Élodie walks in the day's heavy silks, but sheds the burden of state for the forbidden freedom of plain maid's cloth. This daring escape is made possible by her loyal servant, Sabine, who risks her life by lying in the royal bed.
When their furtive encounters blaze into a desire neither Laurent nor Élodie can name, the promise of a political union with King Auguste threatens to cleave their secret world in two. Should Auguste uncover the deception, it will be Sabine, not the Princess, who pays the price.
But this court is no stranger to the blade of deception. Its most dangerous secrets are held not by rulers in their gilded cages, but by the hearts of those who serve in silence. In a palace defined by masks, love is a precarious game where the greatest penalty falls upon those who wear no crown.
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