Telaine North Hunter is a princess. She's also a spy. Accustomed to investigating the rich and titled, she's unprepared for her uncle the king to send her to pretend to be a commoner to find out the secret one of his barons is hiding. At first out of her depth, Telaine soon finds friendship and even love in the tiny frontier town of Longbourne. As the days pass, and Telaine discovers the truth about the baron's secret, she must also decide whether she truly is the princess, the commoner, or an agent of the Crown.