In the shadow of Oakhaven's corrupt throne, dispossessed noblewoman Elena North locks eyes with mercenary captain Nicholas Everard. His battle-scarred hands promise both protection and punishment. Her body betrays her vengeance mission as his gaze strips her bare, igniting a forbidden heat that threatens to consume them both. Elena came to reclaim her lands through cunning strategy. Instead, she finds herself conquered nightly by Nicholas's relentless passion, surrendering to primal medieval pleasures that leave her begging for more men, more hands, more of everything she never knew she craved.