FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ALIYAH BURKE Book one in the Heart's Compass series – a newly edited version! Sometimes you need to lose it all to discover what is truly important. Lucien St. Martin, Marquess of Heartstone, is ordered to travel to the “uncivilized” part of the world. America. Little does he know, everything is about to shift on its axis. Ciara McKay is known as “the heart of the mountain.” Her world is changed the day she encounters a strange man near death on her mountain. Long winter nights lead to explosive passions before they part. Seven years pass before they meet again. Can they overcome the “accepted” rules of society? Or will “the heart of the mountain” cease to be? Is it possible that Lucien can convince her to give them another chance? Will Ciara accept her destiny that together is the only way for them to be—as the princess and the marquess?

One spark can set the world ablaze. Phillip Vallence, Earl of Edais has moved to the island of Eden to personally oversee his new plantation and learn the operation. When he learns that his books were being done by a mysterious Fyre, he demands a meet only to discover the meticulous keeper is a woman. Gwen “Fyre” Parker loves numbers. She works at several jobs in the small town to help support her brother’s family. Upon meeting the new earl, she is pulled into working for him more. Fleeting glances become more. Time spent together grows. Feelings deepen. Phillip wants her to choose him because of her feelings for him, not because of who he is but when she has a falling out with her brother, he steps in, determined to protect her. There is a plot to harm people on the island he is fast considering his and he will do what it takes to protect Fyre, the island and her people. But what will be the cost? Will he have the chance to give this woman everything she deserves and more?