Dr. Aris Thorne, a brilliant but cautious 21st-century historian, has always felt an inexplicable pull towards the tumultuous era of the Italian Renaissance. Her life is tragically cut short in a museum accident, only for her to awaken in the body of a young noblewoman, Leonora Vivari, in 15th-century Florence. Disoriented and terrified, Aris discovers she is a lady-in-waiting to the powerful Medici family, a world of glittering beauty and deadly political intrigue she has only ever studied.
Haunted by fragmented memories that are not her own, Aris realizes she is not just a visitor to the past, but a soul returned. At the heart of the Medici court, she encounters the enigmatic artist, Lorenzo de’ Medici, a man she knows from her history books, yet feels an electrifying, soul-deep connection to. As she navigates the treacherous currents of Florentine politics, torn between her knowledge of the future and the life she now leads, Aris uncovers a dangerous conspiracy that threatens to shatter the Medici dynasty. She must untangle the secrets of her past life and the reason for her return before history repeats its most tragic mistakes, all while fighting a love that defies time itself.
