Can the power of her passion warm a knight's cold heart? The kingdom of Falconia is under siege from neighboring Ravenia after Falconia's bewitching Princess Aurora refuses to marry Ravenia's king. Aurora does not love the king, and an ancient family curse decrees that is she marries without mutual true love she will die within a year. From across Europe come six knights determined to rescue the raven-haired beauty, but only one can be her champion and win her for his wife. And it's the bold, brooding Venetian knight Niccolo who sets her body on fire with his piercing gaze. While she burns for the brooding Niccolo, Aurora knows that he does not trust her. For though he aches with wanting her, Niccolo remembers too well how another woman once betrayed him and he has vowed never to surrender his heart again. Now it is up to Aurora—her love must be strong enough to melt Niccolo's frozen heart, banish the family curse and save her from certain death.