Midnight and the Prince

If you’ve been following my Once Upon a Temptation series, you may already know that Midnight and the Prince is book three. Each story is loosely inspired by a fairy tale, and this one is my modern take on Cinderella—though Claire isn’t waiting around for anyone to rescue her.

Book one followed Isla. Book two told the story of Isla’s cousin. And now book three belongs to Isla’s best friend, Claire Holloway.

Claire has spent most of her life taking care of everyone around her. She works as a pediatric occupational therapist at Castle Children’s Rehabilitation Center, where she is skilled at anticipating what people need, calming difficult situations, and holding everything together. At home, she helps care for her chronically ill mother and supports a father who relies on her more than either of them wants to admit.

Claire is dependable, capable, and deeply loving. She is also exhausted.

She has become so good at making sure everyone else is okay that she has almost forgotten she is allowed to need things too.

Everett Prince notices.

Everett is polished, wealthy, observant, and responsible for the future of Castle Children’s Rehabilitation Center. He is used to solving problems, but Claire has no interest in becoming one more thing for him to manage. She doesn’t need saving, and she certainly doesn’t need a prince.

What begins with professional disagreements slowly turns into something neither of them expected. There are lingering late-night conversations, playful arguments, an adorably disastrous first date, stolen kisses, and a growing attraction that becomes harder and harder to ignore.

But what matters most to Claire is that Everett never tries to take control of her life. He doesn’t ask her to become less capable or abandon the people she loves. Instead, he quietly makes room for her. He gives her space to rest, to laugh, to want things, and to imagine a future that belongs to her too.

Everett falls for the woman who gives everything while asking for nothing. Claire falls just as hard, but loving him means facing something much more frightening than desire: admitting that she has needs of her own and trusting someone else to care about them.

And when three long-guarded words finally slip out, midnight doesn’t mark the end of the magic.

It becomes the beginning.

Midnight and the Prince is a steamy contemporary romantic comedy featuring workplace romance, playful banter, chosen family, emotional caregiving themes, and a modern Cinderella who ultimately saves herself.

If you enjoy romance with temptation, tenderness, humor, and just a hint of fairy-tale magic, you can find Midnight and the Prince on Amazon.