*BOOK ONE OF THE BEGUILE TRIOLOGY* ~ Can be read as a stand alone. When a common thief turns out to be the mate of the head of territory, the kingdom only just realizes that it is at stake, according to a war that has been raging since ancestry times. But what happens when he isn't interested? Or when there happens to be more than one lover up for grabs? Or when there's a decoy, willing to kill the unworthy?