The Jester: The Fae Court, Book 1

Stolen from her world and sold to the highest bidder, she never expected her greatest threat to be the glittering, treacherous heart of a Fae court.

When traffickers discover the ancient magic running through her bloodline, she becomes the most coveted commodity in a world she never knew existed. Lord Eldrion, cold-eyed and imperious, claims her as his Lady — a title that means nothing when she's little more than a beautiful prisoner paraded through his citadel halls. He grants her silk gowns and golden rooms, yet refuses to meet her gaze. The message is clear: she is property, not a person.

But the citadel holds another captive.

The Jester performs for the court's amusement, his spirit somehow unbroken despite years of gilded chains. Where Lord Eldrion sees through her, the Jester *sees* her — every flicker of defiance, every carefully hidden wound. In the stolen hours between darkness and dawn, in the secret spaces where shadows swallow sound, something dangerous begins to grow between two people who have every reason to keep walls firmly in place.

In a court built on deception and power, trusting anyone is a gamble. Trusting a man who exists to entertain — to wear masks professionally — might be the most reckless choice she's ever made.

But survival has never required playing it safe.

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