by Cait Monroe
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The only way to survive is to trust each other--or sell the other one out first.
Revni came for gold; Eavus came to conquer. But when their armies clash in an unexpected skirmish, Eavus takes the chance to earn a commendation and chases down the girl. He gains a captive, but loses his cohort—and Revni isn’t someone who will quietly submit.
Can you trust a captor to protect you? Can you trust a hostage to keep her word?
Because to make the journey south where they both hope to bargain for their lives, they’ll need to cross the wilds of territory their two empires have been carving up for themselves. And the capital city may be the one place that could grant them both salvation—but when they get there only of them will get it.
Inspired by Roman and Norse invasions of Celtic Britain, Cait Monroe’s immersive debut novel invites readers into a historical fantasy adventure that pits love against honor, loyalty against freedom, and confronts the cost of being on the winning side.
Genres: Adventure, Historical Fantasy, Fantasy
Tropes: Hostage, Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, Found Family, Forced Proximity, Captor/Captive
ISBN: 9798997002916
430 pages
Published: 2026-10-20
Publisher: Auklet Press