"A sworn protector. A ruthless empress. In the scent of rainy pine and black roses, justice bleeds into obsession."
High-profile US Marshal Vesper Kendrick was built on discipline and law. But when she is assigned to guard Zephyrine Valerius—a witness who is secretly the lethal "Empress" of a drug empire—the cage of duty begins to shatter. Trapped in a remote safehouse, the hunter becomes the prey. Bound by blood, scent, and a love that demands total surrender, Vesper must choose: her badge and honor, or a throne in the shadows by the Empress's side.