Author's Greeting and Note

Princess Genevieve of the Royal House Alington woke up in a stranger's home after a severe snow storm threw her into a ditch. She is rescued by a recluse living in the forsaken woods, and is promised to be returned to her royal home as soon as the roads clear. As she spends more time with her mysterious hero, Genevieve is drawn to this man, despite her engagement to a wealthy prince of a neighboring country. The closer she gets to her hero, the more aware she is of the wall he has built up to protect himself from others... and his past.