True Love Fades Away When the Contract Ends – The Secret of the Rose (Light Novel) [Volume 3]

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!
Series Overview: Fiona isn’t one to live an everyday noble life. Instead, she finds more fulfillment in working hard. But when she overhears her father planning an arranged marriage for her to her childhood friend, she’s desperate to stop it! Luckily, she meets Giles, the son of an earl and the town darling who’s also hoping to avoid marriage. Together they hatch the perfect plan to thwart their parents’ matchmaking: by pretending to be soulmates! A flawless plan that can’t possibly go wrong. Right…?