Comme tous les membres de sa famille, ce qu’Elianna Bernstein aime plus que tout, ce ne sont pas les robes ou les pierres précieuses, mais les livres qu’elle dévore inlassablement. Un jour, le prince Christopher, héritier au trône, lui propose un marché : à condition de jouer sa fiancée, elle pourra lire à volonté…

Délaissée par les membres du palais et témoin d'une entrevue privée entre le prince et Irène, Elianna se rend à la raison : leurs fausses fiançailles sont sur le point d'être rompues. Désirant ne rien devoir à l'entourage royal et mettre un terme à ses sentiments, elle se rend à la résidence afin de restituer des ouvrages. C'est à ce moment précis que le rideau se lève.

Eli isn’t the only bookworm in her family. In fact, the bookishness of the Bernsteins is well known to the royal family — and particularly to the Crown Prince.

The Star of Sissel only visits once every three years, and Prince Christopher is determined to accompany Eli to meet this band of nomadic scholars. But mischief is afoot…

Christopher vividly remembers the day he met Eli, but Eli can’t recall their first meeting. She’ll need to turn back the pages of time to remember that long-ago encounter.

While Christopher attends to far-flung royal duties, Eli must navigate life at the palace by herself. Christopher makes it look effortless. For Eli, it’s anything but easy.

Eli draws attention to herself when she comes to the defense of Lady Anna in the library. And without Christopher, she may have found herself in a ghost story.

An apparently harmless prank takes a deadly turn when Eli and Lord Irvin find themselves surrounded by unexpected enemies in the darkness of the old castle.

Eli’s marriage to Christopher swiftly approaches, and she still has a lot to learn about the royal family. But will Queen Henrietta’s sage advice do more harm than good?

Lady Matilda is up to something, and an unexpected encounter with the wily woman will put Elianna’s confidence and knowledge to the test.

Christopher and Elianna have withstood pressures immeasurable, but Sharon still has one more tactic up her sleeve that could tear the couple apart.