Selene never expected to be sold, but when her father trades her hand to the cold, distant Prince of Valdris, she knows she has no choice. Her people are starving, her home is crumbling and the only way to save them is to become a stranger's wife and bear his heir. Kaelyn is the sole son of the King of Valdris, and the weight of the crown has crushed him long before it ever touched his brow. Haunted by his childhood love, Amina, a woman who rejected him but still controls his heart he has no desire for a bride but his father's word is law. Very soon Selene arrives at his gates like a gift he never asked for, she is quiet, she is stunning and she sees him, the man beneath the armor and the prince beneath the pain, he tried to stay away, but every attempt failed.
As stolen nights turn into a burning obsession, Selene learns that she holds more power than she ever imagined, because she could make him ache, she could make him need and she will not be his second choice, not for long. But when she discovers she's carrying his heir, the stakes explode because Amina is a jealous and vicious woman and she still holding Kaelyn's heart in her claws and will stop at nothing to destroy Selene and the child she carries.
A terrible attack leaves Kaelyn shattered and Selene questioning whether love is worth the cost, which brings us to the choice that the prince must make to define his kingdom, his legacy, and his soul, also clinging to the ghost of a love that was never real or fight for the woman who carries his future in her womb.
