Of Truth and Peril

He's running from responsibility — and the truth. She's determined to face both. Can love endure when honesty comes at such a cost?

Prince Niccolò has lied his way through life, until a wronged faery curses him to become more frog-like with every false word. With his humanity slipping away, the only hope of breaking the spell hinges on earning the genuine favor of a maiden he barely knows.

Princess Korina has responsibilities of her own and no patience for a prince whose thoughtless actions pull them from one danger to the next. Forced together on a perilous quest to set things right, she demands honesty where Nicco has always relied on escape.

But their search leads them to a traveling carnival of talking puppets and faery-spun illusions, where laughter hides danger and nothing is quite real. As every deception unravels and illusions fall away, Nicco and Korina must decide whether they are brave enough to tell the truth — or risk discovering what love might become without it.

Of Truth and Peril is a no-spice combined retelling of The Adventures of Pinocchio and "The Frog Prince," full of tropes like "only one pillow," "he's a flirt and she's over it," and "forced proximity." Perfect for fans of Melanie Cellier, Tara Grayce, and A. G. Marshall.