Juliette is the Queen of Meadows, leader to the ten circles of mages, the most powerful woman in her kingdom, and she is dying. Her search for a husband to lead her kingdom before she dies leads her to hire a travelling artist who has a penchant for creating masterpieces to create portraits of her to be sent to marriage candidates.

Damien is an enigma and a mystery wrapped in one. His dark gaze devours her as easily as he recreates her likeness on canvas and he draws out emotions in her that she did not think herself capable of. There is very little to be gained by falling for the man, but her heart demands otherwise.

Her advisors are not the only ones who are against their blooming relationship. James, her bodyguard and most trusted companion follows their every movement with a jealous possessiveness that threatens to consume her. He is unused to sharing her and the thought of losing her to someone as insignificant as a mere artist infuriates him enough to want to lock her up and keep her from ever seeing him again.

But there is no time for love for someone like Juliette, who needs to do what's best for the future of her kingdom.

Except she soon finds out that her days are not as numbered as she thought. Lies and deceit are uncovered and she is left reeling in the aftermath.

Does she love a man who desires her enough to cure her or, or a man who is so devoted to her that he would give his life for her?

What happens when she falls for both?