From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Crossfire® Saga comes a lush fantasy romance where danger and seduction are inextricably entwined. In the treacherous court of the Kingdom of Sari, hedonism is prized and wielded like a weapon. For five years, Sapphire has been the king's most treasured concubine, a jewel in a gilded cage equally adept in both bed and battlecraft. Ejected from the palace by the jealous queen, Sapphire's freedom is revealed to be a shadowy plot to eliminate her entirely. For Wulfric, the formidable Crown Prince of the rival kingdom of D'Ashier, is deliberately placed into her path. Wickedly tempting, Wulfric is a warrior whose prowess in combat is rivaled only by his mastery of pleasure. His touch is forbidden, promising rapture and ruin in equal measure. For Sapphire, he is both the ultimate jeopardy and the darkest temptation.

Whether she is meant to kill or ensnare him, every encounter is edged with exquisite peril and erotic promise. Faced with a woman whose every glance and touch can drive rulers to madness, Wulf's wildfire lust for his enemy's lover demands a fevered truce. Yet when Sapphire agrees to a single night to sate the craving that seethes between them, they unleash a hunger that cannot be appeased nor denied. As silk sheets become their battleground and ecstasy destroys all reason, the boundaries between adversary and lover begin to blur. Sapphire and Wulfric find themselves captive to a raging need that threatens to engulf everything they hold dear. Theirs is a blaze that cannot be extinguished, raging into a dangerous gamble in which surrender is the only victory and two kingdoms are driven to the brink of war¿.