A Husband is Required, or The Hunt for the Dark Magister

Violet Redge's future is mapped out for many years to come: studying at a prestigious school, a position as a lady-in-waiting, marriage to the cousin of the emperor himself. Everything changes in an instant. The girl is removed from the court, her fiancé breaks off the engagement in a scandal, and her father threatens his disgraced daughter with a convent. The only thing that can save Violet is marriage, but the only potential husband is feared by the emperor himself.