Love hurts. So does the truth.

With the passing of her father, Mihrra Nowen has spent the last nine years taking care of her family. Content to do her duty as the eldest daughter, Mihrra’s loyalties are tested when a Lady’s Maid position opens up in the nearby town of Port Deering: her father’s last-known location, before his untimely death. Mihrra needs answers, and this job presents an opportunity to get them.

Surprised by her budding friendship with Kezara Blaise–the young lady she serves–Mihrra soon loses sight of her self-appointed task of discovering what happened to her father. She finds herself further...

Love hurts. So does the truth.

With the passing of her father, Mihrra Nowen has spent the last nine years taking care of her family. Content to do her duty as the eldest daughter, Mihrra’s loyalties are tested when a Lady’s Maid position opens up in the nearby town of Port Deering: her father’s last-known location, before his untimely death. Mihrra needs answers, and this job presents an opportunity to get them.

Surprised by her budding friendship with Kezara Blaise–the young lady she serves–Mihrra soon loses sight of her self-appointed task of discovering what happened to her father. She finds herself further distracted as she pines after Kezara’s striking older brother. But, when Kezara doesn’t return home after attending a ball, Mihrra worries that she didn’t run off with a secret lover as everyone presumes.

After Mihrra shares her concerns with Kezara’s brother, the two head down a road of peril and adventure–one that kindles the flame sparking between them and reveals pieces of her father’s past that were better left buried.