The Summer Courtroom is nothing like Sebastian remembers. The oppressed lower classes are drained of their magick, and around every part political intrigues threaten an currently unstable routine. Sebastian’s only hope of making it through the Court and bringing house Prince Lyne’s traitorous sibling lies with Duine, a magickless Unseelie servant eager to earn his freedom. A servant for whom Sebastian, an estranged Seelie royal himself, can be developing a harmful and deepening passion.

But behind the on the subject of The Marked Prince cover up Duine wears are secrets simply because dangerous mainly because what’s smoldering between them. As well as the more Duine helps Sebastian navigate Courtroom life, the more it becomes obvious the servant isn’t who he is apparently. How he had become the whipping son of one of the most effective and corrupt faeries in the summertime Court is a truth Sebastian is determined to uncover, even if it places him at odds with the very people who may lead him to the missing Unseelie prince.

When a powerful enemy steps through the shadows, Sebastian must select: complete the mission and earn his place among the Unseelie who took him in, or risk his very life to make sure freedom for the person he loves.

Contains mature themes.