Princess Cordetta craves the whirring gears of the Inventors Guild, not the gilded cage of a political marriage. With a rare knack for magic pulsing through her veins, she dreams of crafting wonders. But when her family threatens a loveless union, Cordetta must chance a desperate gamble: stow away on the Happily Ever After, her sister’s famed flying ship, to escape a life she never chose. 

Little does she know, however, that the Happily Ever After is already caught in the vengeful crosshairs of Heath, a solitary master swordsman forged by betrayal and a life of hardship. This notorious pirate hunts the man who unleashed the Seep, a sinister corruption strangling their enchanted world. As Heath executes his daring one-man heist, he discovers an unwelcome, royal stowaway. 

Now, with both refusing to abandon their vessel or their dreams, an uneasy bargain must be struck between the princess and the pirate. Trapped together across treacherous skies, Cordetta and Heath clash, discovering a truth more potent than magic or revenge: a fierce, undeniable bond that sees beyond titles and scars. But with Heath’s thirst for vengeance threatening to consume him, and Cordetta’s mistrustful willfulness, their volatile alliance could either save their fractured world… or shatter both their hearts forever.