Twenty-year-old Temperance Verus has never been kissed, and training with a basilisk is supposed to change that.
With thirteen other contestants, she must learn the art of seduction for a chance to win the prince's hand in marriage.
Matched with Caspen, the Serpent King, she realizes she may finally have a real chance.
Rising tension between basilisks and humans pulls her two ways as her bond with Caspen deepens and her connection to the prince grows with it.
A terrible secret about the royal family leaves her caught between two worlds, and she cannot survive without either one.
