Once inseparable as children, Cleo Moss and Rhett Boyd are driven apart by painful misunderstandings. In the midst of a royal selection and shifting court plots, Cleo waits in silence for three years, strengthening her side one alliance at a time. Marriage only brings new clashes, but over time the damage begins to repair and their feelings deepen. When family pressure and palace trials threaten them, they keep choosing each other—until a buried secret finally emerges...