Joachim Jung

Mona Maybach is a single mother to Marius, who has a heart condition. Even as a young boy, Marius had to undergo expensive surgeries in the United States. So far, Mona has managed to keep from her son how she earns the money for his treatments—but for how much longer…

When Princess Sophie's affair with photographer Edgar becomes public knowledge, King Ludwig II breaks off the engagement. Sophie's parents immediately arrange a replacement: a marriage to the Duke of Alençon.