A queen needs a consort and an heir. Not a deadly but gorgeous distraction..

Queen Raine cannot stop thinking about the assassin imprisoned in her dungeon. He's beautiful. He's dangerous.

And he wants her.

Madoc doesn't know she's his target. Magic allowed her to switch appearances with her bodyguard. It keeps her true identity safe from him, and from everyone plotting to take her throne. But even the most powerful spells in the land can shield her from her emotions. The assassin stirs desires and longings within her that she thought long dead.

Then he makes an offer: spend one night of passion with him, and he'll tell her everything he knows about who hired him to kill her. It's a risk she shouldn't take. She can never trust him. She should kill him.

Yet she can't resist him.

As a shadowy conspiracy threatens Raine's hold on her crown, she will need magic—and the power of her unlikely connection with the assassin—to keep what is hers.

(Author's note: This title was previously published. It has been lightly revised from its previous version.)