Chosen when a child, Lady Joselyn is trained to be a ruthless killer. She is destined to be the English king's assassin and protector. Only he and the guild master are supposed to know. It's a life and death secret that must be kept. For an assassin survival is precarious. Life is something you simply cannot take for granted because the next day is never granted. Despite her privileged upbringing, Joselyn quickly learned how to survive on her own and to never trust a soul while following the Guild without question. Upon her return to England, a murderous plot against King Cassiush is discovered. Joselyn is shocked when she finds out who the fiend is. She's even more shocked when the King proposes marriage, a lot. An assassin has never married her king before. The last one who fell in love had her tongue ripped out and was burned alive. Letting her emotions cloud her judgment, Joselynfalls for Cassius and agrees to the marriage, jeopardizing not only his life but her own. Disobeying the Guild means death. Now she must figure out how to keep them both alive and not piles of smoldering ash.

Everleigh Santos hasn't always had the easiest life. She hasn't seen her father since she was a toddler, her mother is a mess and she's being raised by her older brother. She never had the chance to be a normal teenager, but the summer before she starts college, her life begins to change. She starts to go to do the things that she never got to do.. which may include her brother's friend who moves in with them. He's older, mysterious and she wants to know every thing about him. She loves the euphoric feeling she gets when she's near him, but that feeling can't last forever.