Die vier großen Lordschaften, bestehend aus dem Norden, dem Osten, dem Süden und dem Westen, lebten einst in gewaltloser Koexistenz Seite an Seite, doch dies hat sich im Verlauf der Weltgeschichte drastisch geändert. Es werden Ehen ausgehandelt und mit unfairen Mitteln gekämpft, um den Schein aufrechtzuerhalten. Im Zuge einer solchen arrangierten Ehe werden auch Lord Istriana und Lady Ramizotta miteinander vermählt, was den Hass der Rebellen noch weiter schürt und dazu führt, dass sich selbst der König gegen seine neuen Feinde behaupten muss. Dass ausgerechnet eine Frau all dies beenden könnte, denkt sich keiner. Frauen sind für den Haushalt und die Kinder zuständig. Eine ebensolche als höchste Macht ist unvorstellbar für jeden, bis Rose kommt und es ihnen allen beweist. Cover: demethor Lektorin: pc_writer © -mentanoia-

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.

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.