She accepts an invitation to the Royal Academy only days after being chosen, though she is not wealthy, elite, or royal and has no idea why she was selected.
As the only poor girl in the student body, she does not fit in, and River Everson draws more attention her way by wanting to spend time with her.
He is one of the most gorgeous and wealthiest young men at school, already betrothed to another girl, and she has kissed him anyway.
People from her old life are searching for her to settle her father's debts, and someone at the Academy is set on making her drop out.
She soon realizes that darkness and secrets run through royalty's glittering halls.
