In a queendom separated by biological classes, Nixa Chai was classified a Trader at birth because she didn’t have the right biology. She couldn't bear children.

But a mistake was made.

When Nixa unexpectedly learns she can have children, a desperate Countess makes her a life-changing offer no one could possibly reject. If Nixa plays the part of the Countess’s long lost granddaughter, and produces an heir for the old Royal family, Nixa can go on to do anything —or go anywhere— she wants.

Accepting the deal, Nixa is introduced at Court as Lady Nichola, where she meets Caritas — a handsome Lord with his own secrets — and together they concoct an illicit ruse to help each other through the Season without bearing a child. Though providing an heir is the quickest way to secure Nixa’s freedom, she grapples with the questions of her readiness to become a mother, and with the pain of letting go — both of the Trader family she’s already lost and the Royal child she’s supposed to create.

But when a reminder of her old life shows up in the capital, Nixa must choose between the Trader girl she was, and the Royal woman she’s becoming.

Her answer should be simple. Everyone wants to be a Princess.