Stableshoes - a Gay Cinderella Romance by Jo Morgan Sloan (Paperback)

Why would a prince need a ball to pick a bride? He's in love with the palace stableman, of course!

Prince Darian has met all the requirements necessary to claim his father’s throne; at least, he thinks he has, until his sinister cousin Bertram reveals a law that states Darian must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday, or lose the crown.

With only four weeks to find a bride, Darian turns to his beautiful, irreverent, clever friend Ashley for help before a grand ball is to be thrown in his honor. But there is another who catches the prince's eye: living in perpetual silence is Eric, the stronghold stableman, whose kindness disrupts Darian’s plans to hide his nature.

Each day that passes is another day closer to Bertram’s takeover, and he’s counting on Darian to fail. While Eric has the prince’s heart, the stableman also carries a secret mark that could jeopardize Darian’s claim to the throne. To protect the nation he loves from a tyrant, Prince Darian must choose between true love and living a lie.

This gay twist on Cinderella is a cozy romance novel that is standalone, though the author plans to make an interweaving series of stories in the same universe. First sequel planned. Mild spice in ebook and paperback, with more explicit scenes in special edition hardback.