The Idle Prince's Smoke and Mirrors

Aura Cassia, a Kitchen Witch with no lineage, has only a modest bakery and an orphanage of mixed-blood children now facing homelessness.

A ruthless property magnate means to demolish that sanctuary, so she storms the city's most exclusive gentlemen's club in search of a miracle.

There she meets Varil Arkenoth, the Idle Prince of the Demon District, whose supposed disregard for duty hides a life far riskier and more deliberate than gossip allows.

He offers a scandalous bargain: Cassia will play his fiancee through the Yulefrost season to stall his mother's matchmaking, and he will use his influence to save her home.

Glittering galas give way to quiet evenings together until performance and feeling are difficult to separate.

Where bloodlines are prized over belonging, the stubborn baker and the secretive demon must decide whether a false bond is worth a real war.