Synopsis
In the opulent but suffocating court of Silverwood, a gilded cage is still a cage—especially when your fiancé is the man who murdered your brother. Princess Isolde plays the part of a vapid, grieving girl flawlessly, masking a burning desire for vengeance against the predatory Duke Valerian. To expose his treason and save her life, she must orchestrate the unthinkable: her own kidnapping.
Enter Gareth, a scarred, cynical mercenary who treats her royal title with nothing but disdain. Fleeing into the freezing night, Isolde leaves her identity behind, trading pearl-encrusted silks for scratchy peasant wool and placing her life in the hands of a dangerous man whose rough exterior hides a lethal competence. As they navigate a treacherous labyrinth of political maneuvering and physical peril, their close quarters ignite a slow-burning, undeniable tension. With the entire kingdom hunting them and the treacherous Duke closing in, Isolde realizes the greatest danger isn't losing her crown—it's losing her heart to the very man she hired to ruin her. Will the princess's desperate gamble cost her everything?
