Publisher's Synopsis
Passion. That is what Aria Scarletta is missing in life. Or rather deprived. She is the illegitimate daughter of a king, and her family never lets her forget it. Nobody did. That is until she met him. King Vadis Rainous. The most powerful, and in Aria's opinion, the most attractive man she had ever seen.
Her father, King Erbus Scarletta was at war with the kingdom of Bu'gara and was desperately trying to find help against the much more powerful kingdom. In his panic, her father had declared that he would get Vadis to finally chose a bride, which had been gossiped about since the powerful king had broken off his engagement to the breathtakingly gorgeous and slightly insane Penelope, Queen of Bu'gara.
Vadis had agreed to King Erbus's offer and Erbus sent four of his own daughters to offer their hands in marriage. Each one Vadis had rejected. One after the other. So, finally, Erbus had no choice but to send Aria, the last and least impressive of his unwed daughters. To Aria's utter shock, Vadis accepted her as his queen-to-be and even more shocking to Aria, treated her as if she was the most precious gem he had ever seen. For the first time in her life, she felt as if she was worth something, as if her life actually mattered.
However, just when Aria begins to find out what it is to love and be loved, she must make a choice. Loyalty to her birthplace, or loyalty to the only man who had ever chosen her. Could she betray the only man who had ever loved her for a family that seemed to spurn her very existence? What did Aria's heart call out for the most?
