The Kingdom of Rong, a barren snow-covered land in the constant state of war, has no need for its youngest princess. Shuang learned from an early age that it was in her favor to be quietly invisible, though that didn't curb her wish to escape. When the son of the Duke--handsome, cunning, ruthless--takes a sudden interest in her, she begins to wonder whether she might not find love and freedom after all.

Her plans are derailed when her father agrees to marry her off as a bargaining chip to the neighboring prince, who, rumor has it, is handsome and just. But Shuang isn't ready to exchange one prison for another, and she plots her escape on her wedding day. Unfortunately (or not), she runs directly into the prince to whom she's engaged, who is every bit as handsome as rumored . . . And the son of the Duke isn't ready to give her up yet either . . .