The Grand Courting Season has always been one of the greatest traditions held once a year since the unification of the Solstan Kingdoms. Most importantly, it was an event that granted the opportunity for common folks to stay at the great emperor's palace and enter the most monumental marriage market hosted solely for those in the highest of rankings. Being chosen meant those who were selected are welcomed into a plush life with the golden chance of marrying into the two highest class, the royals and the elites. Once a Chosen, life will never be as it was. Rue never dared to hope that someone like her could even have a chance at participating in an event as glorious as this one. It had always been a far reach for her, a dream never meant to be realized. She knew there was much at stake by putting herself out there. However, as time passed on, she slowly realized that there was so much more to risk than simply her family's reputation. Unrest looms in the shadows and as children of the high courts begin to disappear, many start to question who can truly be trusted?

***The wrong girl is sometimes The Right One.*** Charlotte Samuels thought she'd be stuck waiting tables at Marlow's until all her debts are paid off-in about ten thousand years or so. She definitely didn't expect a marriage proposal from the arrogant Brandon Maxfield who was blackmailed by his father to make her his wife if he didn't want his least favorite cousin to run Maxfield Industries. Charlotte's instinct was to say HELL NO! but she's stumped by a few obstacles: 1.) His old man Martin Maxfield is dear to her heart and has been recently deteriorating in health. 2.) She gets a million dollars if she stays married to Brandon for a year. 3.) She would rather like the opportunity to teach the attractive but awfully rude man a few lessons he didn't think he needed from a 'teenage gold-digger' which was his term of endearment for her on their first date-er, business meeting. So what's a girl got to do, right? Sure, she's young and a little rough around the edges but there's something her would-be husband didn't know about her yet-she's nothing like he ever expected. Thrust into the glitzy world a standard-issue Mrs. Maxfield would fit perfectly and rule with impeccable social grace, Charlotte will either have to force herself into the mold or break free of it, risking what little she has left for everything that she can gain. *** Copyright © 2014 by Nina Tippett. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Nina Tippett. This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Images, music and videos used in the cover art and any of the multimedia content posted in this story are the sole property of their respective owners.