The lone survivor of her family’s unexplained assassination, Everley Donovan was saved by an ingeniously crafted clockwork heart. Now every tick-tock reminds her how fragile her existence is and hastens her quest to expose Killian Markham, the navy admiral who shattered her world and left her for dead. Her journey takes her to a penal colony on a cursed isle, where she will be married off and charged to build the new world. Here hidden realms hide, treasures are unearthed, her family secrets are buried, and young love will test the strength of her makeshift heart. -- adapted from jacket