Deception, avengement, survival, and freedom. After spending the first 21 years of her life trapped in her castle, Nysa Porter escapes thanks to her wits and determination, in order to find her mother's killer and get retribution. Despite what she has been told about the outside world, she finds it was all a lie. It is beautiful and lively, not dark and damning. Along the way she meets a rogue stranger, who changes her life in more ways than one.