Aurelia Ashford and Emmett Carrington grew up together and were once destined to marry. But when Emmett falls for Aurelia’s scheming half sister Ivy Ashford, he humiliates Aurelia by breaking their engagement in public. With a royal marriage decree leaving her only three days to choose her future, Aurelia makes a bold decision and enters Cedric Valerius’s palace as his bride. What begins as a desperate escape soon takes an unexpected turn when Aurelia and the Crown Prince develop feelings neither of them saw coming. Meanwhile, Emmett and Ivy finally get what they wanted, but their life together is anything but peaceful. As Aurelia steps into a world of power, passion, and palace intrigue, the man who threw her away may soon regret the choice that set her free.
