Princess Alice returns home after eight years at a boarding school in hopes of a peaceful homecoming. Instead she comes home to an arranged marriage with a man she has never met and a revolution on the brink of tearing the country to shreds.

William is an assassin from the rebels hired to kill Princess Alice. However when he meets her, he catches feelings he can't afford. When his past with the Black Ravens catches up to him, he must choose to protect Alice from harm.

But when the country is in a revolution, how can Alice balance her feelings for William and her duty to marry a Prince?