I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons

Duchess Leticia Dorman has been betrothed to Crown Prince Clarke since age seven. She was once a rambunctious and free-spirited child, but the strict education she’s receiving to make her a fit future princess has really put a cramp in her lifestyle. Her only hope is that the prince might someday take an interest in someone else—so when Clarke shows up to a royal ball with an unknown woman at his side, Lettie is overcome with delight, presuming her dream has come true and her engagement has been broken off! She wastes no time retreating to an easygoing countryside life, but her newfound peace is cut short when the prince shows up and claims she’s still his fiancée! Clarke is determined to win Lettie over and marry her, while Lettie is determined to resist his charms and escape! Who will emerge victorious in this heart-pounding battle of wills?

Baron Lariquel, a kindhearted, gullible man, has been conned out of all his assets, leaving his family deeply in debt and on the verge of utter ruin. His adopted daughter, Brianna, is determined to marry into money and repay him for lovingly raising her as one of his own. She thinks her prayers have been answered when the crown prince, Clarke, asks her to accompany him to the next royal ball—only for her parade to be rained on, heavily, when she realizes Clarke simply wants to make his fiancée, Leticia, jealous. Out of options, Brianna sets her sights on Leticia’s brother Nadir, the cold and calculating heir to the duchy of Dorman. He agrees to settle her family’s debt under one condition—that she pretends to be his fiancée! Another heart-throbbing tale is about to begin!

Lettie and Clarke are married now! Lettie reads one of her husband’s diari— Ahem, Lettie reminisces on their honeymoon trip, where the two of them (plus a whole entourage of unrelated persons) got to visit Prince Louis’s native Kingdom of Delbaran. There, they stayed at the royal palace as the kindly king’s guests and got to know the rest of the...very interesting royal family. There’s a hot springs trip, giant carnivorous beasts, dodging awkward conversations about the elephant in the room that was consummating their marriage... You know, all the honeymoon staples that every well-adjusted couple gets to experience!