
But when an arranged marriage into a rival clan makes Graeme Montgomery her husband, Eveline accepts her duty-unprepared for the delights to come. Content with her life of seclusion, Eveline has taught herself to read lips and allows the outside world to view her as daft. No one, not even her family, knows that she cannot hear.

Eveline Armstrong is fiercely loved and protected by her powerful clan, but outsiders consider her "touched." Beautiful, fey, with a level, intent gaze, she doesn't speak.
