Eighteen year old Lyla Pierson spent her life preparing for one moment-her Flowering Day Ceremony, a centuries-old tradition where her parents present her with five carefully chosen suitors-men of influence, charm and good-looks.Tradition demands she chooses one to marry, a match that promises safety, security and the kind of love she's always dreamed of. But on the morning of her wedding-her little sister Iris, disappears.Wanting to call off the ceremony, Lyla's father pleads for her to continue, promising Lyla, her sister will be found. With her family torn apart, and desperate to save her sister, Lyla might have to go through more than just the ceremony, she might have to risk everything.
