Keaton Quinlan was born to serve. The son of a knight, his life has been sharpened by steel and bound by duty to the Earl of Lancaster. Every strike of the blade proves his loyalty, every scar marks his resolve. Yet behind the armor lies a quiet ache for a love he doubts will ever be his.
Rhoslyn Lancaster refuses to be caged by title or tradition. Fierce, skilled, and unafraid, she takes up her sword among the men, meeting Keaton’s discipline with her own fire. What begins as sparring and rivalry shifts into something neither of them expected: a bond forged as much in trust as in steel.
But war looms, and loyalty to crown and kin demands sacrifice. Honor pulls them in one direction, desire in another, and neither path comes without cost. To claim each other, they may have to risk everything they’ve sworn to protect.
Can a knight bound by oath and a woman born of fire defy a world built on duty?
