Raeliana McMillan thought her fake engagement to Duke Noah Wynknight was helping her escape death. Instead, she finds that he's a different kind of danger

Raeliana is off to the temple for the torch ceremony. But what should be an uneventful encounter is turned on its head when she meets legendary high priest Heika Demint! Meanwhile, Vivian Shamal is determined to take Noah for herself-and desperate times call for desperate (and dangerous) measures. And despite everything against them, Noah and Raeliana continue to grow closer..

"Raeliana is putting on her detective cap! Set on unraveling the secrets behind her strange reincarnation, she starts digging into original-Raeliana's past--which happens to entail an extended leave from the duke's mansion. In light of her recent rejection of Noah's advances and Justin Shamal's persistent flirtations, this investigation may be just what she needs. Little does she know, the fated meeting between Beatrice and the duke has finally come...