Gifted baroness Kayla Oakheart devotes seven years of her talent to her arrogant fiancé Brennon Bauer, only to catch him cheating with Evelin Lamb. She ends their engagement and rides north to rival stronghold Greystone Keep, where Lord Sterling Lester appoints her Chief Steward after seeing her strategic data. She publicly humiliates Brennon and outbids him for the royal defense tender. After Evelin's schemes collapse, Kayla returns to the Royal College, accepts Sterling's affection, and starts a life truly her own.
