When Aelia wakes up in an unknown time, place, realm? with people who want to hurt her, she will have to fight through the hard ways of their society, including earning her keep with the local baker. With paranormal shadows drawn to her, and the weight of the prince's fancy, she must weave around the workings of court and find a way home. All while falling for the prince's brother, Everett, who stands strong and stoic in the face of an oncoming war.