After Prince Alan learns his first love, Riona, is to marry his brother, Liam, Alan flees his home to seek sanctuary with his relatives. When his carriage is attacked by a band of thieves, Alan loses the last thing Riona gave him-a memento of her mother. Determined to get the gift back, Alan hunts down the thieves only to become a pawn in a machination devised by the criminal, Robin-the most infuriating girl Alan has ever met. Surrounded by dozens of people who want him beaten or dead, Alan must outsmart his captors to retrieve Riona's memento and return home, or aid in the downfall of one of his fellow noblemen.