After Eliane reveals her true identity to Nigel, he agrees to keep her secret. Now free to use more of her saintly powers, she casts a barrier of protection over the city. A grateful Nigel asks her to consider settling down in Linchigham, and professes he would like to get to know her better. Eliane doesn’t know how to respond to the earnest and handsome prince, but soon finds herself getting comfortable in what is fast becoming a new home. But then one morning in the courtyard, she encounters what may be her greatest challenge yet—the precocious and adorable little Princess Cecily, who absolutely refuses, under any and all circumstances, to eat her vegetables.