"The Salian Nobility; they'll embrace you with the right hand, then stab you withthe left."When Leon, the heir to the Renart Duchy, realized he was falling in love with hisstepmother he knew the secret was one that could tear the whole family down. Longhas he detested the games of lies, blackmail, secrets, and assassinations that thelords of his homeland play, but now he must learn to play the game as well as hisfather does if he wishes for his family to survive. There are enemies everywhere,and every masquerade ball is secretly a battle fought in shadows and lip-service.