Aren just wants to get out of a dead-end job in her backwater village. The oldest of three sisters, she's tired of being the only one who works hard, tired of the only marriage proposals she gets being from widowed farmers.
Prince Deitan of Loegria has but one goal—to never marry. But alas, his father has sent him to Evandale to collect a bride as a tribute to the bloodoath he made to their king to end a violent war with their neighbors.
This pair of opposites might just be the perfect match to wield a terrible power — if they don’t destroy their kingdom in the process...