One warm summers eve, the princess of Pretusia takes a soak in her bathtub. All is calm until an armada of ships appears on the horizon. Then, accompanied by her ladies maid, she is forced to flee, embarking on an adventure far beyond the imaginations of a sheltered princess. But even after their escape, the world still can't rest from the ambitious claims of the Turige.

Princess Alouette of Pretusia, but soon to be more than that, is now left to navigate the world of court politics in a country she knows nothing of. Second book in the series (follows Isolde)