Description

She has seven nights to seduce her captor—too bad he’s her fated mate.

Cressian Vale is the Fae King’s most ruthless enforcer, bound by an unbreakable oath to collect a debt nineteen years in the making. His target? Crown Princess Margot Belrose—payment for her mother’s desperate bargain. He expects a pampered royal who’ll come quietly. He doesn’t expect the brilliant, dangerous woman who’s been stalling his master for years through midnight negotiations in the fae realm.

Margot has sacrificed everything to keep her eleven sisters safe, managing a kingdom from the shadows while buying time against an impossible contract. When the scarred, surly enforcer arrives to drag her to hell, she’s ready with one last gambit. But the mate bond that ignites between them changes everything—because fated mates can’t be claimed by another.

Now she has exactly seven nights to make him break his oath and claim her first. The only problem? Cressian would rather deliver her safely than damn them both for a love that could destroy everything. As the bond tears them apart with each denial, Margot discovers her freedom might cost more than she’s willing to pay.

Because some contracts can only be broken by sacrifice—and some loves are worth going to hell for.

This Fairytale Retelling — Twelve Dancing Princesses romance includes:

• Fae bargains with deadly consequences
• Enemies-to-lovers with bite
• Forced proximity that burns
• Eldest sister sacrifice
• Mate bonds and magical loopholes

Spicy heat — perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Sarah J. Maas, and Raven Kennedy.

How This Manuscript Was Created

This first draft has been generated and refined through a 7-pass professional editing pipeline:

1. First Draft — chapter-by-chapter writing using the codex and outline
2. Developmental Assessment — whole-manuscript review for plot, structure, character arcs, pacing
3. Apply Dev Notes — per-chapter revision addressing the developmental review
4. Line Edit — sentence-level prose, dialogue, and voice polish per chapter
5. Continuity Audit — full-manuscript consistency check (names, timeline, codex alignment)
6. Apply Continuity Fixes — per-chapter corrections from the audit
7. Proofread — final per-chapter polish for typos, grammar, and lingering issues

Manuscript Details

• Word Count: 102,926 words
• Length Category: Novel (60000-100000 words)
• Chapters: 28
• Subgenre: Fairytale Retelling — Twelve Dancing Princesses
• Heat Level: Spicy
• Tone: Angsty
• POV: Dual POV (alternating), 1st Person, Present tense
• Tropes: fairytale retelling, fae bargain, eldest sister sacrifice, forced proximity escort romance, enemies-to-lovers loophole
• Hero: Cressian
• Heroine: Margot