It wasn't love that made her parents try to force her to conform, nor was it love when they abandoned her as a hopeless case, and a stain on the family name. Now she lives alone in a house full of servants, never to see the world.

Abandoned by her parents, Veronica had lived an isolated life, but a chance happening introduced her to a world of sensuality. As she discovered herself and made connections with the people around her, she found herself used as currency in an arranged marriage to a local lordling.