SO CLOSE, YET SO FARCamellia has arrived in Louver at last, but just before she can begin searching for her mother in earnest, she runs into none other than Lord Claude! Though she successfully escapes before he can blow her cover, she’s unable to completely shake his ever-watchful gaze…Hiding her identity is hard enough, but with Prince Ian openly vying for her affection and Lord Claude’s confusing and sometimes hostile behavior, there seems to be only a growing number of obstacles in Camellia’s path to freedom. Not to mention, when an official investigating a series of targeted attacks on noblewomen requests Camellius’s help, her life is suddenly put in danger!