Princess Anastasia has a mind of her own. But things change for the worse. Her friend Charlotte is also a daughter of a king. Their kingdoms were in an alliance. But now they are under attack, and the princesses must flee. But the plans don't go as they expect and Anastasia is separated and starts to lose hope. She comes across Bastian and he frustrates her more than ever. He is commanding and controlling. Two things that challenge the headstrong princess loathes more than anything. Will this dark brooding man let her go? Will Anastasia return to a home that has no war? Will Anastasia and Charlotte be reunited? But most of all, will there be any good that comes of all of this?

Chosen when a child, Lady Joselyn is trained to be a ruthless killer. She is destined to be the English king's assassin and protector. Only he and the guild master are supposed to know. It's a life and death secret that must be kept. For an assassin survival is precarious. Life is something you simply cannot take for granted because the next day is never granted. Despite her privileged upbringing, Joselyn quickly learned how to survive on her own and to never trust a soul while following the Guild without question. Upon her return to England, a murderous plot against King Cassiush is discovered. Joselyn is shocked when she finds out who the fiend is. She's even more shocked when the King proposes marriage, a lot. An assassin has never married her king before. The last one who fell in love had her tongue ripped out and was burned alive. Letting her emotions cloud her judgment, Joselynfalls for Cassius and agrees to the marriage, jeopardizing not only his life but her own. Disobeying the Guild means death. Now she must figure out how to keep them both alive and not piles of smoldering ash.

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.