The story is based on "The Frog Prince," but it is thematically closer to "Beauty and the Beast" because it shows that true love sees past appearances. The novella A Midwinter's Wedding takes place right after The Princess Pact and tells the charming story of Rafe's sister, Cordelia. Rafe also becomes fast friends with Marie's playful brother, Prince William, who shares his thirst for adventure. Since they are the only ones who are not under the jewel's spell, it is imperative that they are able to trust each other, and that trust quickly develops into something deeper. Their feelings toward each other become more intense as they become entangled with R's schemes and must work together as spies. Rafe and Marie have an adorably awkward chemistry when they first meet. Marie falls for a handsome adventurer named Rafe who helps her to locate Rumpelstiltskin's rebel camp. I enjoyed the romance in The Princess Pact even more than The Princess Companion or The Princess Fugitive. Unfortunately, the villain in that book is not very interesting compared to Rumpelstiltskin, but it does foreshadow a taste of the jewel's powers and where it came from before Marie got involved with it. This enchanted jewel was used first by the villain in the preceding novella, Happily Ever Afters, which focuses on the adventures of the two merchant cousins from The Princess Fugitive, Sarah and Evelyn. The jewel's hypnotic power is similar to that of Jafar's staff from Aladdin. He uses an enchanted jewel to lure all the children away from their parents and into his rebel camp, giving it a bit of a Hunger Games feel. The villain, who is known as "R" for most of the story, takes on a role reminiscent of another famous fairy tale character, the Pied Piper.
This revelation is earth-shattering to the teenage princess and places a rift between her and her family that takes the remainder of the book to mend. The twist, however, is that Marie is not the queen's daughter, but rather Rumpelstiltskin's.
It's a whole lot closer to the story of "Rumpelstiltskin" than The Princess Fugitive was to "Little Red Riding Hood." Marie's mother is the miller's daughter who married into royalty when she demonstrated that she could spin straw into gold, and Marie is the child who was promised to Rumpelstiltskin in return.
She is a princess who never quite looks as much like a princess as she is supposed to. The Princess Pact tells the story of Marie, who was first introduced in The Princess Companion as an ally to Alyssa.
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