All is not well in Xy. A faction of nobles who are plotting against the Queen and her barbarian warlord. As cultures clash and tempers flare, Heath and the fierce Plains warrior woman Atira of the Bear must come together to fight the conspiracy... and to search their hearts for something deeper than raw passion. Book four in the steamy Chronicles of the Warlands series continues to be just as sexy as the earlier novels, but this time a new romance blossoms out of rivalry . . .