A fae maid with attitude. A fake romance. And a prince whose interest in her might be fatal. Laoise should be honored to serve her royal cousin in the high court of all earthen fae. Instead, the sharp-tongued water fae shifter finds herself too far from the sea and home, and despising her role as a queen’s maid. When the famed bard Cillian Cloudtongue arrives, court suddenly doesn't seem so bad—until dangerous rumors about Laoise and the prince force her to fake date the bard of her dreams. Smitten as ever by the bard, Laoise can't tell if Cillian is acting or if his feelings are true. As if that weren’t bad enough, the queen thinks that rakish Prince Ruairi might actually be in love with Laoise. Is there more to him than meets the eye? And how can Cillian possibly live up to her dreams of him? To find out, Laoise will have to The prince or the bard? The Prince or the Bard? is the first novella in a spinoff series from Season of the Fae, focusing on the fae high court of the past, with fade to black heat level.