Length4h 29m
About this audiobook
Ten years ago, an entitled prince kicked over a farm girl's scrub bucket — just to make her look at him. She gave him nothing. Neither of them ever forgot it.
She built an empire from nothing; he grew into a king who spent a decade proving he was no longer that boy. Now a brewing war calls her back to his glittering court, and Areia arrives ready, at last, to let him try to court her. Properly.
He wants to — and is catastrophically bad at it, because kings command, they don't woo. But beneath the fumbling charm waits the harder question: the boy who hurt her and the man who waited wear the same face and the same name. She has to know they're not the same person before she risks her guarded heart. And belief like that isn't given. It's paid for.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Romance
Length4 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter One — The Weight of Patience
2Chapter Two — The Weight of Choice
3Chapter Three — In the Margins
4Chapter Four — Not For Sale
5Chapter Five — The Pastry That Demands Respect
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6Chapter Six — The Bet
7Chapter Seven — The Things He Couldn’t Say
8Chapter Eight — Radishes and Restraint
9Chapter Nine — The Fair Deal
10Chapter Ten — What Became of the Girl
11Chapter Eleven — A Well-Coordinated Disaster
12Chapter Twelve — Taking it back
13Chapter Thirteen — A Touch of A Friend
14Chapter Fourteen — To Be Kept
15Chapter Fifteen — What is Owed
16Chapter Sixteen — The Price of Redemption
17Epilogue
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