For generations, the Phoenix and Wyke families have been sworn enemies, their feud costing them land, lives, and livelihoods. Now, as the last of their lines face ruin, the heads of each family make a final, desperate play for peace: a marriage alliance.

Aldere Wyke, a hardened warrior and the heir to his family's lands, must marry the sister of his sworn enemy, a woman he's never met. Cecilia Phoenix is a fiercely independent woman who refuses to be a pawn in a man's game, but with her family's future at stake, she has no choice but to wed the man she is meant to despise.

From the moment they meet, sparks fly. But with every witty retort and every stolen glance, their animosity begins to crack, revealing a powerful and undeniable attraction. Their tentative love is threatened by those who stand to lose everything, including Lord Braden Fitzroy, a powerful noble who believes Cecilia is his rightful bride, and Keicha, Aldere's jealous mistress who will stop at nothing to become the next Lady Wyke.

In a world of treachery, deceit, and ancient hatred, can Aldere and Cecilia overcome the lies and betrayals to forge their own path, or will their feuding hearts tear them apart forever?