The Contest for the Queen's Hand

Queen Katarine has refused every eligible suitor who hoped to become her king consort, yet she still knows she must take a husband.

A contest, she decides, is the surest way to choose a noble match.

When a shipwreck brings chained survivors onto the beaches of her lands, one former slave holds her attention: an emerald-eyed chieftain and warlord whose clan no longer exists.

He quickly becomes her favorite, even while the competition for her hand continues.

As the final day draws near, he has already claimed her body and her heart.

Whether her warlord can actually win remains the last unanswered question.