How far does obsession go? Is there any boundaries that an evil man will not cross to keep the one that he loves? For the Black Prince, there isn't. Next in line to the throne of a large empire, he will do anything to keep the one thing he wants most.... Elizabeth. Even if that means kidnapping her, forcing her to marry him, and even killing. He is blinded by his own twisted version of love for Elizabeth, and instead of caring for her all Elizabeth feels is abuse. There is no end for her. She is in her own personal Hell, and she cannot escape the demon that is always lurking near. He loves her.......but she hates him. Is there any escape for Elizabeth, will some one come and save her from this monster? Or is she cursed to spend the rest of her life in forced love? WARNING: This story is rated R. There are extreme cases of abuse and sexual violence.If you are uncomfortable reading about abuse and/or rape this is not the book for you.\!

Lady Scarlette is not a Lady like any other. She is wild and easier found running the grounds with her common-folk childhood friends from the "heathen" country to the north. When Scarlette's sister's betrothal to the Lord of the northernmost Duchy in the country, they both travel to attend the wedding. Once there, the Lady Scarlette finds that the Northlands of her country and the Highlands of the "heathen" country are not on the best of terms. During a skirmish that she happens upon during one of her explorations of the Highlands to the north of her sister's fiance's keep, Scarlette meets Clan Laird Evrett Hogarth, a man who is as intrigued by her as she is by him, and from there sparks a passionate relationship that both parties must keep secret from Scarlette's new Northland home.