Four years. Two boys. One promise.
Aurelian doesn't know the boy hiding behind the hay is heir to the dukedom. Cory doesn't care that Aurelian is a farmer's son. Together, they grow up through fire, loss, first love, and a kiss neither of them is ready to say goodbye after.
Then the world catches up. A king's edict pressures "traditional" marriages on the nobles of the land. Aurelian seeks an unwanted marriage to secure his family's farm. Cory is pressured to find a marriage he doesn't care for. Years apart, neither knows if the other remembers, or if what they had as children has survived who they've become.
Found behind masks at a duke's masquerade, they get a second chance. For three nights, they can be anyone they want. But loving each other now means defying a king, two duchies, and the rules neither of them ever agreed to in the first place.
This is a Cinderella-inspired childhood-sweethearts-to-lovers queer romance for anyone who loves to watch two people grow up together, be torn apart, and still refuse to let go.
