Crowned in Dust

Princess Aurora Hawthorne has never wanted the throne. On the eve of her twenty-first birthday, she dreams not of crowns, gowns, and royal duty, but of open fields, honest dirt beneath her nails, and a life where no one bows or watches her every breath.

But the Kingdom of Hawthorne is restless. Her father, King Henry, longs for a son. Her mother, Queen Matilda, is weakening after years of miscarriages. Her younger sister Belle is beautiful, reckless, and secretly entangled with one of Aurora's suitors. And somewhere in the shadows of the palace, a newly appointed court jester named Sebastian Callaway is carefully pulling loose the threads of the kingdom that killed his family.

Aurora must choose between three princes: Flynn Sinclair, charming and dangerous; Philip Harlowe, polished and possessive; and Alexander Ambrose, awkward, honest, and unwanted by nearly everyone.

But the more Aurora is drawn toward Sebastian, the more she risks everything: her reputation, her sister, her crown, and the fragile kingdom she never wanted to rule.