Violet, a poor girl from the outer city, finds forbidden romance and uncovers brutal secrets when, after three years for training, she is purchased by a royal family as a surrogate mother for royal children.

"After the Duchess of the Lake catches Violet with Ash, the hired companion at the Palace of the Lake, Violet has no choice but to escape the Jewel or face certain death, so along with Ash and her best friend, Raven, Violet runs away from her unbearable life of servitude"--