Princess Eleanor endures years of household cruelty before being shoved into an arranged frontier marriage to spare her favored elder sister. Exiled to the distant Fenris wasteland, she expects brutality from her new groom, Damian, only to discover he is the hidden sovereign of the northern wolf clans who commands devastating martial prowess.
When hostile kin and scheming nobles target her with lethal court poisons and deadly epidemics, Eleanor deploys her herbal expertise to forge life-saving cures. She casts aside her treacherous ancestral house, fighting beside her fierce protector to secure royal authority across the realm.
