He may own my body—but he will never own my heart.
When invaders overrun my island, I’m torn from the only love I’ve ever known and forced into a decade of servitude under the corrupt Senate.
But I’m not without my secrets. I’m part of a hunted Creed that practices pharmika, and I can read and write in the Forbidden tongue—the sacred language reserved only for the elite.
These secrets make me valuable. These secrets make me dangerous.
Cato, the ambitious son of a powerful senator, buys me to serve in the House of Sapphire. At first, I think this might be my chance—safety, security, maybe even survival until I can return home to Rome, the man I love.
But everything comes at a price. They want an heir. And I’d rather die than give them one.
Trapped between a manipulative mistress, a sadistic patriarch, and a master who sees me as both healer and broodmare, I begin to realize the truth: love offers little refuge in a world built on power and control. And the line between survival and staying true to my heart grows thinner every day.
Then the impossible happens—I’m offered freedom, but I’ll need to make a choice. An impossible one.
Both will destroy me.
Both will cost me my heart.
One means my life.
The other…just any life worth living.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
When invaders overrun my island, I’m torn from the only love I’ve ever known and forced into a decade of servitude under the corrupt Senate.
But I’m not without my secrets. I’m part of a hunted Creed that practices pharmika, and I can read and write in the Forbidden tongue—the sacred language reserved only for the elite.
These secrets make me valuable. These secrets make me dangerous.
Cato, the ambitious son of a powerful senator, buys me to serve in the House of Sapphire. At first, I think this might be my chance—safety, security, maybe even survival until I can return home to Rome, the man I love.
But everything comes at a price. They want an heir. And I’d rather die than give them one.
Trapped between a manipulative mistress, a sadistic patriarch, and a master who sees me as both healer and broodmare, I begin to realize the truth: love offers little refuge in a world built on power and control. And the line between survival and staying true to my heart grows thinner every day.
Then the impossible happens—I’m offered freedom, but I’ll need to make a choice. An impossible one.
Both will destroy me.
Both will cost me my heart.
One means my life.
The other…just any life worth living.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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