Isabella "Bella" von Artenberg, the daughter of a Count with medical skills employed by the royal family to accompany Princess Matilda Harrington. Isabella is glad to have the job, much to her grandmother's chagrin.
Whenever she goes home to visit, she never fails to remind her that she should be with children of her own.
When the Crown Prince Gabriel’s illness , she ends up taking on even more responsibility of treating him as it is a threat to the Crown.
Her relationship with him grows while she nurse him back to health, and she realizes this may be a more permanent situation than she had previously thought, but the impropriety alone may be enough to prevent her from returning his affection.