When Selene Armitage, a sharp-willed noblewoman, loses her beloved brother in a brutal ambush, she agrees to an unthinkable alliance: she marries Damien Virelith, the very man accused of orchestrating her brother’s death. Her reason? To secure protection and legitimacy for her vulnerable niece, the last heir of the Armitage bloodline.
But within the gilded cage of her new marriage, Selene finds clues that suggest her brother’s death may not have been what it seemed. Her late-night search for truth uncovers a web of conspiracies that threaten not only her family, but the entire kingdom.
Caught between her need for justice, a growing affection for her mysterious husband, and enemies wearing the faces of friends, Selene must decide who to trust before vengeance consumes them all.