The cold-blooded murder of a historian at Oxford unearths an ancient secret kept hidden from the world for six centuries; A secret so valuable, that people are willing to kill for it.

In the icy heart of the Carpathians, a treacherous bargain binds kings and slaves alike. Raised as the daughter of a noble House, Katherine never questioned her identity-until her father's execution shatters her world. Driven into the clutches of the Prince who ordered her father's death, she discovers a darker inheritance: a hidden lineage reaching across battle lines to the prince's mortal enemy.