In the Land of Pendaran, Shelby Parker lives a humble but good life. Her unique qualities are eventually noticed from the ruler and queen of the House of Markham, who look for a fresh wife for his or her widowed child, Prince Nikolai. To uphold the tradition of their country, Shelby and Nikolai consent to an organized relationship. But while Nikolai is an ideal gentleman in public, he remains faraway at home, leaving Shelby to wonder what is in his center. Will the prince ever like her as he did his first wife? Can the beliefs they talk about overcome the obstacles between them?