Summary
Bound by political necessity to a timid, stuttering duke from a foreign land, she accepts a quiet life with her gentle spouse. After their family is crushed by a royal edict, her husband is discovered poisoned and lifeless. Yet he awakens, reborn into a man of startling confidence and skill, effortlessly managing household affairs and pursuing her with bold passion. Now she questions whether this captivating new version of her husband is the same soul she married, or if a stranger now inhabits his form.