Adele survives on the island's margins with neither wealth nor a family name. When a close friend falls gravely ill, she accepts an unthinkable bargain from Cesare Buonaparte, the territory's most intimidating duke. To help him dodge an unwanted aristocratic union, she agrees to enter high society disguised as his long-lost aristocratic sister.
Draped in silk and pearls, Adele must master aristocratic etiquette while navigating treacherous ballrooms that smell of suspicion. Her greatest danger, however, is Cesare himself. As the cold aristocrat drops his guard behind closed palace doors, their forbidden proximity threatens to shatter the charade and destroy them both.
