I never imagined my first trip to Italy would be to bury my father. But there I was in the beautiful cathedral, alone, with my father’s casket and a handful of soldiers to keep me safe. It didn’t occur to me that anyone would disrupt the sanctity of the church. Would march in, weapons in hand and turn my world upside down. But the Caballero brothers have no regard for the church and even less for my family. They destroyed the peace of that sad occasion. They desecrated my father’s body. And they took me for themselves. I’m a princess in a tower in a breathtaking villa. My bedroom overlooks the turquoise sea but the door is locked. And I have to contend with not one but two dragons.

Betrayal. Destruction. Truth. He says you can only rise up once you hit rock bottom. Only be made whole once you’re fully broken. I don’t know that there’s anything left to break. Time is running out for me. Enemies are closing in at every turn. But this time I won’t be alone. One brother has vowed his protection. The other reaffirmed his hatred of me. Yet they both want me. But something dark is unraveling inside me. An event too terrible clawing its way into my consciousness. And even as things begin to change between us, it’s those memories that may undo us all.