Amyntas Heartwood is not her mother's daughter. Born with a cruel tongue and reckless behavior, Amyntas struggles to find the line between right and wrong. The Crown Prince of Exien and her childhood enemy is sent on a mission to bring her back to their homeworld Olyria.
Now Amyntas must make the selfish decision to work for the man who destroyed her kingdom years ago in return for riches and power or try to run and risk losing her life.
But as her relationship grows with two unseemly guards, Amyntas begins to question herself and the choices she has made along the way.
As Amyntas questions the king, a well of untold pasts and secrets are unleashed and Amyntas is confronted with the chilling truth: her mother's death was part of an elaborate scheme and she and the king's lives were more intertwined than she realized.
