As I Command

A polyamorous genderswapped Cinderella retelling set in a gritty, whimsical world

Marguerite Baccata intends to do big things as the first female businesswoman at Baccata Industries. So when her father suggests her best contribution will be in marrying a Floral Realms prince, she's appalled. And furious, because he's right – a royal wedding is a coup for the company. After all, Baccata Industries makes weapons, and the Floral Realms are at war.

Hoping to make the best of the situation, Marguerite attends a ball in her honour with the intention of finding a royal spouse. The princes are stuffy, the princesses cold, and Marguerite is instead drawn to the enigmatic Lord Sigaro, who claims to be a pirate. Then they both meet a beautiful stranger who glides like a swan on the dance floor, and their lives change.

Once a prince, now a destitute exile fallen in with a bad crowd, Jules is the opposite of what Marguerite is looking for. But he knows more of the war than Marguerite ever imagined, and Jules needs her help to escape his keepers. More; the whole of the Floral Realms needs her help. Neither she nor Lord Sigaro can walk away.

Marguerite realises that it's time for her to take a stand. But can she abandon everything she's worked so hard for?