Nightingale shifter and performer, Lorelei, is the star of the Tri-Star circus. With her beautiful face and enchanting voice, she has an act that can't be beat. She'll learn the hard way, however, that things aren't always as they seem. Life as she knows it is a lie, a cover for deeper, and darker secrets and deceptions. Heartbroken and betrayed by the man she trusted most, she'll have to decide if she's willing to put her faith in the three handsome strangers that come crashing into her life, and unveil a past that a spell had hidden away. With a kingdom in the clouds she'll one day rule, and traditions she refuses to accept, she'll have to make a choice. Will she stay locked away in her gilded cage? Or will she take flight and show everyone that, princess or not, she makes her own rules? \Possible triggers for abuse and noncon\

A castle in the sky, and engaged to marry a handsome prince. It sounds like every girl's fantasy, but not Lorelei's. She'd never dreamed of any of this. She had been happy with her lot in life. The star of a circus. A best friend as close as a sister, and in love with her mentor and ringmaster. Being a Princess hadn't been part of the plan. Everything changed on her eighteenth birthday when her life spiraled out of control, and she discovered everything she has ever known was a lie. Rescued by three handsome strangers, and thrust into a new life, she'd learned that even the most gilded cage could hold you. But not everyone is content to let the Lost Princess return. There are forces at work that will do whatever it takes to see her fall, and a ringmaster who craves revenge. With darker secrets, and a deeper betrayal than even she knows, she'll need her new allies now more than ever. Yet there is always a price, even among friends. And for this Princess, that cost may just end up being her jaded heart. To survive this, she'll need to pull out all the stops. Soon others will learn, you can take the girl out of the circus, but you can't take the circus out of the girl!

When your head and your heart are telling you two different things, which do you listen to? What if all evidence points to two of the men you care about being murderers? With the death of her aunt, Lorelei is thrust into the role as queen and discovers that even though she rules an entire kingdom, she doesn’t rule over her heart. With a murder trial looming, she’ll have to decide once and for all whom to trust. But when things get physical, they heat up in ways Lorelei never expected. Is it possible to love a killer if their heart is in the right place? What if you find it’s more than one man you love, more than one man you dream about at night? With so much uncertainty, Lorelei will discover that being queen may be the easiest trial of all. Matters of the heart, however, don’t come quite so easily. Especially if one of her prospects’ hands are stained red with blood.

Betrayal. War. Death.This is the reality Lorelei must face to save the ones she loves. Sacrifice is what she knew she’d have to make as queen, but when that sacrifice might very well be that of the love she’s fought so hard to deny, Lorelei will be forced to play the role that was always meant to be hers.No longer the Lost Princess, stolen away from her birthright, or the Songbird of the Tri-Star Circus, intent on winning the heart of her captor. She is Queen, one that bows to no one and writes her own fate. But fate can be fickle and as fluid as the ocean waves.No matter what choice she makes, the ground will run red with blood.