You are an apothecary forced to work within the royal court after being noticed by Scaramouche, the cold yet beautiful high court official who hides his true identity and intentions behind layers of perfume and wit. While he tasks you with uncovering poisons and schemes within the palace, a slow-burning, razor-sharp dynamic forms between you. Secrets unravel. Bodies pile. And you realize too late that behind his composed smile is a man who is either protecting you… or using you for something dar