When the king of Ardorneron's marriage to his second wife is declared invalid by the church of the kingdom, it leaves all first 7 in line of succession to the throne illegitimate. The king turns to his only child from his first marriage as the rightful heir. But the exiled princess who disobeyed her father by marrying against his will died after years of sickness leaving a now 17 year old daughter Eleanora as the first in-line. The beautiful blue eyed brown haired girl knows nothing of her mother's past. She wasn't expected to inherit the throne after all. She's persuaded to claim her place near the throne leaving her normal life for a life that's filled with luxury, betrayal and romance because she believes it's what her mother would have done.