A task she cannot refuse. A land that holds secrets. And a man Lena doesn't know if she can trust.

Now a soldier, Lena is sent to stand hostage to a truce with a country that holds knowledge long forgotten in her own. Kidnapped by the fierce Marai, she faces a future she cannot accept. When she learns of immediate danger to her land, Lena must cooperate with a man she neither knows nor likes. But when their actions have consequences neither could foresee, will the outcome be worse than the Marai threat?

Silver Medal, Historical Fiction Box Set (2019), Coffee Pot Book Club Awards