When a mysterious, gorgeous woman whisks her onto the dance floor at her fatherâs masquerade ball, Lucy is thrilled to break the shackles of her privileged but purposeless life. But when the same woman kidnaps her and whisks her to the hideout of the rebels fighting to topple the regime sheâs set to inherit, Lucy isnât thrilled to be actually shackled as a prisoner. She is forced to accompany her abductorâa laconic, rigid assassin named Taylorâacross the war-torn regions of the former United States as Taylor carries out perilous assassinations and leads the growing rebel army.
Relying on each other to stay alive, the antagonistic spark between Lucy and Taylor smolders into an ardent flame. Secrets unravel and the stakes get fatally higher, as the battle between new love and old loyalty may prove more dangerous than the war theyâre trying to survive.
TJ OâShea is a New Jerseyian by birth and a New Yorker by proxy. When not working in the video game industry and writing sapphic romances, she enjoys playing video games (this time for fun), shouting answers at Jeopardy! reruns, amateurishly baking, spending time with her wife and daughter, and singing to their cat.