Prince Adrien has a gift for making people feel chosen. Unfortunately, he has made rather similar promises to several of them.

When his lovers quarrel over the court positions he has offered, the palace is less shocked by his attachments than by his careless use of power. Then Mara Verin, a woman employed in the laundry, catches his attentionand refuses to become another person waiting outside his door.

Her terms are clear: a title, an independent estate, and somewhere to live when his affection fades.

Adrien agrees. Desire moves faster than the paperwork.

As Maras pregnancy makes their future urgent, Adrien returns to Lucien Morel, the former lover he claimed to have left behind. Soon, private letters reveal how differently he has described the same promises to the people who believed him.

In the quietly tolerant kingdom of Belroa, affection can cross the boundaries of rank. Trust proves harder to negotiate.

With sharp dialogue, intimate betrayals, and a watchful eye for palace absurdity, The Princes Promises follows three adults learning what they can ask of one anotherand what must remain theirs to refuse.