Elizabeth is beautiful, capricious, and dreams of a prince—and, of course, an elf prince. Her father is rich, power-hungry, and ready to marry her off to the royal nephew. But her great-grandmother has entirely different plans. She wastes no time and reads as suitors not one, but two—two orcs at once. One is a brutish bully, the other a refined, subtle cynic. And in both cases, secrets run deeper than blades of grass in the steppe.
So how can she live with such different men? All that’s left is to rely on fate and on the magic of the furies, who promised her love and happiness.