As a fighter pilot in his fathers army, Athan Dakar knows little of life beyond war. That is, until his mother is murdered, and hes sent halfway across the world in a mission to overthrow the queen who killed her. Athans task is to ingratiate himself, undercover, with the royal children - and gain intel that could ruin their mother. Kind and quick-witted Princess Aurelia Isendare is not the villain he expects, however, and he soon finds himself falling for the girl hes been tasked with spying upon. Aurelia feels the same attraction to Athan, all the while seeking to stop the war threatening to break. As diplomatic ties between their nations