by Kate Stewart
First published 2025
An ambitious boy pushes himself to grow up too fast, driven by forces that demand he become a man before his time. A battle-worn woman soldier sees something familiar in him. The scars marking his soul mirror the wounds she carries from her own fights. She decides to help forge the warrior she knows lives inside him. Their connection defies explanation, but it runs deeper than either expected. This bond will change his heart forever. When he loses that love, everything shifts. His destiny takes a new shape, carved by grief and shaped by what she taught him. The rules never applied to them anyway. Love and war follow no code of fairness. This is how a warrior is born.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, military-fiction, adult-fiction, action, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
720 pages · Paperback · Pan Books
Content warnings: violence