In a snow-dusted European kingdom, Claire Nichols inherits a forgotten cottage, unearthing her grandmother's secret past as a countess who surrendered everything for love.She came for paperwork. She found Alex: the quiet, sharp-eyed man at the estate office who treats her like a person instead of a problem. Who listens. Who sees her.But there is one thing she doesn't know. Alex is Prince Alexander, hiding from a title that nearly broke him, desperate to be wanted for who he is rather than what he represents.As winter closes in and the truth comes out, Claire faces her grandmother's impossible choice. A king who says she'll destroy his son. A press hungry for scandal. And a man who is willing to risk everything for her, if she'll let him.Will she run to protect him? Or stay and bet her whole heart on a love that rewrites history?