Kosuzu Kobato

SWEPT OFF HER FEET—INTO DANGER!After cracking a counterfeit art case, fake lovebirds Fiona and Giles are summoned to the royal palace to commend their efforts. There, Fiona meets the king’s younger brother Grenville, who slips a rose into her hair. Later, Fiona is overjoyed when her beloved uncle Reginald suddenly returns home for a visit. Yet when Reginald meets Giles, his keen eye for detail spots something fishy about the two. But Fiona and Giles hardly have time to worry about their cover being blown, because when they attend the White Palace Ball, Fiona is suddenly abducted and thrust into a life-threatening crisis!

In this romantic shojo/josei period drama, a noblewoman and nobleman pretend to be in love to avoid getting married! And don?t miss the light novel version, also from Seven Seas.Fiona Clayburn, a headstrong young noblewoman with a passion for art, has no interest in succumbing to the arranged marriage her father plans for her. Getting married would require her to quit her job at her uncle?s art gallery and forsake her independent lifestyle. A fateful meeting with Giles Bancroft, an aloof young man and heir to the earl, presents a way out. Giles, like Fiona, wants nothing more than to stay single, so together, they hatch a scheme to achieve their common goal of avoiding marriage: pretend to be destined lovers!