Meryl Hanson is the daughter of an impoverished baron, feared as a "witch" due to her obsessive research into medicinal herbs and poisons. When her family—already on the brink of ruin—is held hostage, she finds herself pressured into marriage by a mysterious count claiming to be an old friend of her father. She is rescued from this predicament by Noah Vildan, the Third Prince—a man rumored to be cursed. What begins as a marriage of convenience based on mutual interests soon reveals that Noah is harboring a secret agenda of his own... [eBook-Japan](https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/991178/?type=serialStory)