Cast out and disowned by her own family, Maria is forced to take her sister's place in an arranged marriage to Lucio, a prince everyone believed was dead. But when she arrives at her fiancé's funeral, she discovers that the feared Prince of Chaos is still alive — and trapped at the center of a deadly conspiracy. The discarded bride and the betrayed prince decide to join forces to deceive their enemies, expose the guilty parties, and take back what was stolen from them. Between threats, secret alliances, and an attraction that grows amid danger, Maria may no longer be the humiliated substitute, but the woman capable of changing the fate of an entire kingdom.
