Princess Hannah learns the King has died. She is now positioned to become Queen, if she can sail across a sea, cross mountains, prevent a war, and save another kingdom. All that has happened to her in the previous books culminates in her return to her homeland, but six years additional have passed and things change, not always for the better. If she ever believed she would return to cheering crowds and be welcomed by the other royals, she understands that won't happen. As with all of Hannah's books (3) the reader never knows what will happen next.