Katherine Everwyn: The future queen of Erengail strives for perfection in a world that preys on anything less. When she is struck with a great loss, she is left with a week to secure her place on her throne. What happens when a certain assassin with eyes as chilled as his heart has her question, not only the world she was taught to see, but who she thought she was meant to be? Aidan Quinn: An assassin, whose duty comes above all else, finds his hardened heart thawed by a pair of green eyes that have yet to see the world he comes from. However, she is his enemy and his target. What happens when this mission, not only brings out a side of him he has long suppressed, but threatens to cross all the lines between a job and a desire?