There's something weird about the way in which we live. The terms we use to describe 'normal' or 'sane'. If you didn't fit in these categories, you didn't belong in our society, and there's something extremely messed up about that. The fact that we can't do what we want, because others would judge us... that's not right.
That's why Katrina Holland stepped out of line. Born into a world that didn't accept her, she decided not to accept it. Raised under the care of a world reknowned arsonist, Jackson Holland, the world of crime wasn't new to her. No, she flourished in it, maybe a little too much, but who's to point out the details.
As her father trained new recruits for his gang, she was placed on the task of keeping them stabilized. After all, fire was destructive, and if you weren't careful, you'd get burned.
Of course, as soon as she led the new recruits into their first mission, she discovered a problem... Her father was missing.
After the catastrophic day of that incident, will this disastrous, carefree girl be able to hold up the gang on her own? Or will she be enveloped in the flames that she created?
Forced into an engagement with a man she doesn't love, Reyna must ignore her bond with her father's general in order to avoid a war and save her throne.
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As the first female heir to one of the great Northern Kingdoms, Reyna panics when her claim to the throne is threatened by the discovery that her father's general is her soulbound partner. She forces herself to ignore their connection, determined to be more than a general's wife, only for her father to manipulate her into a political engagement with a man she could never love. So to forge her own path forward, keep her throne, and confront her feelings for the general who owns her heart, Reyna must find a way to refuse this arranged marriage without destroying her kingdom in the process.
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