The Runaway Princess

To escape a political marriage, Princess Wilhelmina ("Willa") of the Kingdom of Castellane assumes the alias "Willa Wexford" and enrolls in a prestigious school as a commoner. There, she falls for Lord Theodore Camden-the campus heartthrob who is adored by everyone yet is incredibly shy and low-key in private. Their respective circles of close friends conspire to orchestrate a series of "accidents" that create opportunities for the two to be alone together, culminating in the revelation of her true identity at the graduation ball.DRAMATIS PERSONAEPRINCESS WILHELMINA "WILLA" OF CASTELLANE, heir to the throne, currently in hiding as "Willa Wexford"LORD THEODORE CAMDEN, Larkspur University's most admired student, privately shy to the point of paralysisCASSANDRA "CASS" BLYTHE, Willa's closest friend and co-conspiratorRAFFERTY "RAFF" SINCLAIR, Theodore's closest friend and self-appointed romantic strategistPRINCE ANATOLE OF VARENGARD, Willa's intended political match, polished and quietly calculatingPROVOST BERTRAM LOCKE, head of Larkspur UniversityKING CORNELIUS OF CASTELLANE, Willa's fatherQUEEN ROSALIND OF CASTELLANE, Willa's motherSTUDENTS, COURTIERS, GUESTSThe action takes place at Larkspur University, a fictional institution of considerable prestige and considerably more gossip, in the present day.

To escape a political marriage, Princess Wilhelmina ("Willa") of the Kingdom of Castellane assumes the alias "Willa Wexford" and enrolls in a prestigious school as a commoner. There, she falls for Lord Theodore Camden-the campus heartthrob who is adored by everyone yet is incredibly shy and low-key in private. Their respective circles of close friends conspire to orchestrate a series of "accidents" that create opportunities for the two to be alone together, culminating in the revelation of her true identity at the graduation ball.DRAMATIS PERSONAEPRINCESS WILHELMINA "WILLA" OF CASTELLANE, heir to the throne, currently in hiding as "Willa Wexford"LORD THEODORE CAMDEN, Larkspur University's most admired student, privately shy to the point of paralysisCASSANDRA "CASS" BLYTHE, Willa's closest friend and co-conspiratorRAFFERTY "RAFF" SINCLAIR, Theodore's closest friend and self-appointed romantic strategistPRINCE ANATOLE OF VARENGARD, Willa's intended political match, polished and quietly calculatingPROVOST BERTRAM LOCKE, head of Larkspur UniversityKING CORNELIUS OF CASTELLANE, Willa's fatherQUEEN ROSALIND OF CASTELLANE, Willa's motherSTUDENTS, COURTIERS, GUESTSThe action takes place at Larkspur University, a fictional institution of considerable prestige and considerably more gossip, in the present day.