The Order of the Sicari brotherhood is back and this time they're taking no prisoners when it comes to protecting the Order as warriors and lovers torn between duty and desire.

Dante Condellaire, heir apparent to leading the Sicari Lords, knows being a true leader means sacrifice. For Dante it was relinquishing all erotic pleasures and remaining celibate. But he never expected his willpower to be tested so fiercely by Cleopatra Vorenus, expert assassin of the Order, and daughter of the man he's been chosen to succeed.

Cleo prefers working alone—until she meets Dante who shares her goal of destroying a Praetorian stronghold where Sicari women are imprisoned for devious purposes. Bringing the mission off without a hitch pumps up more than their resolve. It sets off a spark of desire too combustible to ignore.

As their attraction flares like an inferno, the stakes are raised. So are the risks. Before the mission is over, Dante and Cleo will be plunged into a dangerous conspiracy where a traitor threatens the very foundation of the Order, as well as the fiery bond between Dante and Cleo—warriors and lovers now torn between duty and desire.