"AllPrincess Eviana needs is an escape. Possessed of an unfortunate and unusualEmbraced gift, which she’s been banned from using, she required no training.Now, her overprotective parents want her to wed. As a result, the palace iscrammed with obnoxious noblemen…Until Quentin, the enigmatic eagle shifter androyal spy, maneuvers several of the unsuitable suitors into revealing their mostembarrassing secrets before the court. Finally, Eviana has an excuse to freeherself. If only her family knew the blow that’s shaken her: golden-eyedQuentin’s refusal to let her near… Heroic, but low born, Quentin’s infatuationwith Eviana is as inappropriate as it is unshakable. He must keep away fromher, for his own sake. But after a series of suspicious deaths, and the princess’snarrow escape from kidnapping, Quentin knows that only together can they exposethe danger stalking Aerthlan’s Embraced. On foot, in disguise, they’ll need trustand quick wits to uncover the vicious conspiracy closing around them. Butfinding the truth might break down their own defenses as well." --backcover