These Wicked Revels (Fairy Tale Heat #2)

"Once you gave your mask to me, you would be allowed to venture down that path. The handmaidens of the forest would prepare you for me... Oh, you will find it a bit dreadful, I must admit."

Princess Evaline has grown up under the thumb of a strict and pious mother, never allowed to dance or sing, clad in drab dresses from neck to toe. But that all changes when she receives the invitation. "These wicked revels are meant for girls such as you. Leave the letter under your pillow and wear your slippers when you come to bed tomorrow. The gate shall open at midnight." In the faery realm, she can dance the night away...but soon her father will marry her off like her sisters before her. Or Evaline could stay in the revels...but only if she gives her mask away to the King of the Revels and belongs to him forever.

I was locked up with the princess. There was something about her delicate features, her small mouth slightly open in sleep, and her breath slowly rising and falling, that stirred a deeply protective instinct like I had never felt before.

Will once dreamed of being a musician, but was sent to fight in a pointless, bloody war by Evaline’s father the king. He came home with a limp and horrible memories of his friends dying his arms. When Evaline’s father offers her hand in marriage to anyone who can figure out why her slippers are worn out in the morning, Will accepts the challenge purely out of revenge. As soon as he sees the princess, he wants to claim her for his own…but only if he can capture her heart fair and square and get past the King of the Revels.

These Wicked Revels is a standalone fairy tale retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses for those who like an unabashedly adorable happily ever after with a side of serious steaminess ! (Even the trees are naughty in this one. You've been warned.)