In the opulent court of Alderdeen, young Lady Anne is a prisoner of her own making. After a disastrous kiss, she is now engaged to the newly titled lord of Alderdeen, and her dreams of escaping her gilded restraints are now futile. That is until a mysterious fae emissary arrives at court, stirring something more than her desire within her. He reawakens her yearning to be free. 

Plagued by the devastating loss of his wife and the shame of his failure in a war-turning battle, Henry Ashmore has been sent to Alderdeen as part of a dire mission to find a refuge for his people. But his very presence ignites more than just political tension; it sparks a forbidden romance. 

As they succumb to desire, their passionate affair is fraught with peril. And when old friends and new enemies pour into Alderdeen for a tournament held in Anne’s honour, danger lurks, intent on extinguishing their love—and their lives.