Dangerously unstable and exceptionally violent are definitely not qualities Stacia Dornan looks for in a man, especially after the harrowing experience of having half of her jaw torn off by an adurian warrior. Yet, when she meets Prince Balfor to discuss a trade alliance between her father's company and the umbrose, sparks immediately fly between them. Prince Balfor knows he's fighting for his own sanity, and with so much responsibility weighing him down, he can't afford to lose the battle. Yet when the fragile, scarred human female accidentally summons him to her bed, he cannot resist her...