It was a simple plan. Alice Montgomery has spent her life hiding from the mercenaries hunting Wonderland royals. Still years away from claiming her birthright through a series of deadly challenges, she follows through on a risky plan to trick them into thinking she's dead. Unfortunately, it works a little too well, and now she's trapped, haunting an old clockmaker's cottage. Better late than never. Sebastian Ward could care less about the prophecy that says he'll aid a princess in reclaiming her throne. Fate is a trap, and love is for fools, and he has better things to do, like making a name for himself as a kingdom-renowned ghost hunter. Until his latest haunting brings him face to face with a ghost from the past. With their paths on a collision course, Sebastian is forced to fulfill his part of the prophecy, stranding him in a ruined kingdom where nothing is what it seems. He's determined to find a way home, but as Alice faces off against an evil queen, he'll have to decide whether protecting the woman he can't seem to resist, is worth losing the only thing he's ever wanted: his freedom.