A novella combining fantasy and romance with art history and mythology that touches on themes of love, power, fate, religion, and hidden identities. Venus forces her son Cupid or "Beau" to make people fall in love by pricking them with a ring full of blessed myrtle oil. Beau dreams of being free from Venus's control and having a love story of his own, but he is emotionally guarded to prevent himself from becoming attached to the people he "falls." Eloise Rose Nightingale is a hopeless romantic who lives in an apartment with her best friend, Leo. She works as a dramaturg at Palais Garnier. Beau encounters Eloise, and, angry with Venus, decides to pursue her. But Venus is a powerful goddess unwilling to relinquish control of her son. She will force Beau to question: what is worth risking for the chance of true love?