The Inadequate Heir

A soldier hardened by war and driven by vengeance meets a mysterious stranger in the night—and discovers that passion and principle don't always align. Zarrah commands a contested city and hungers to destroy the Maridrinian forces who oppose her, especially the enemy prince whose family murdered her mother, but a chance encounter with a handsome nameless man challenges everything she believes about justice and war. As stolen nights of conversation and fiery passion deepen between them, Zarrah finds herself torn between the vengeance that has defined her and a fragile, dangerous hope for something more. When the truth of his identity shatters the world between them, she'll have to choose between the path of destruction she's always known and the possibility of peace—if either of them survives the choice.