New York Times bestselling author Anya Bast spins a spellbinding fantasy of a man and woman torn between love and war, magic and mystery, and passion and revenge . . .

Once, Gallus Navius Lucan was in line to inherit the Dragon Throne of Numia-until his future was crushed and his family slain by his malevolent uncle Magnus. Now Lucan has only one ambition; to overthrow Magnus and take back what is rightfully his.

Branna ta Cattia is the Raven, a high priestess who has come to Numia to defeat its tyrant. It's a journey made on the strength of her prophetic dreams, visions of ancient rituals, sacred spells, and of a handsome stranger destined to help her-all in the name of stopping Magnus's oppression. But Branna's stranger is more than she expected. For Lucan wants victory his own way. To hell with the consequences.

As the magic of one woman's love and the brute force of onw man's revenge unfold, Lucan and Branna realize their destiny as spirit mates-and their fears that the ultimate cost of winning freedom could be greater than either imagined.

PRAISE FOR ANYA BAST AND HER NOVELS

'Deliciously sexy.'
- Angela Knight, New York Times bestselling author

'Superb romantic fantasy . . . Wickedly enchanting.'
- Midwest Book Review