Two eras. Two women. One curse. Revenge devours the proud Vivienne Ross. She seeks revenge on the cultists who beheaded her parents. Fleeing, the girl runs to distant Rusamia to Count Mavros, the only person her father trusted. However, he refuses to help Vivienne find the killers, and then she calls upon ancient magic, unaware of the retribution. A hundred years later, Liliya Tigrova humbly bears the title of “Ice Princess,” but her upcoming marriage to Count Mavros frightens her. She is afraid of angering Death. The groom's family skeletons only make matters worse. And Lilia finds herself drawn into the ancient feud between the Order of Rebel Hearts and the Sect of the Enlightened Ones.