After losing her empire and her life on her wedding day, Crown Princess Eleanor Ashford is given a second chance. Reborn, she rejects Adrian Blackwood, the man she once loved, and secretly allies with Lucian Sterling, an enemy hostage prince. Three years later, Eleanor returns with an army, reclaims her homeland, and takes the throne herself. Adrian finally learns the truth and begs for her love back. But the woman he once took for granted is now an empress far beyond his reach.