The war is over. The marriage is just beginning. To the cheering crowds of Belmonte, Prince Benedict is a golden savior—the charming, handsome face of a new era of peace. But to his new bride, a girl traded for a treaty, he is a stranger carved from ice. While the kingdom celebrates the union, the princess discovers that behind the palace’s gilded doors, Benedict’s legendary warmth is a mask. He doesn't want a wife; he wants a scapegoat for a history of grief she knows nothing about. Bound by a