Shay is the sole heiress to the throne of Marianas. Until she's not. After a coup takes the life of her entire family, Shay flees her kingdom, followed by the only friend she's ever had: an intelligent raven who has visited her window ever since she was a child. But strange things are happening, and a frightening dark power is beginning to awake in Shay. When she's attacked, the raven saves her life but leaves her at the mercy of the dark fae who murdered her family. Wounded and alone, she has no choice but to go to his kingdom. Awed at the shadowed beauty of his world, Shay slowly thaws toward him, but her betrothal to a foreign prince prevents her from pursuing anything other than friendship. However, things are not as they seem and when her betrothed arrives in the kingdom and threatens war unless she's returned, Shay realizes by leaving, a piece of her heart might stay behind. She has no idea of her power or what's to come, but when those secrets are revealed, it will bring her to knees, shattering her already wounded heart.