When the past holds you in its power, is love enough to set you free? Cassiopeia Tremayne isn't looking back at her sleepy hometown. That's hard when her father is still there. But so is the memory of a boy who tried to hurt her. Moving to the city with her mother places Cassie's writing dream within her reach. She didn't expect it would also bring her face to face with an intriguing yet intimidating young man, who is determined to capture her in his orbit. Big, blonde Nik Francovic is the odd one out in his Croatian family. Not bonded to them by blood or belonging, he's turned his back on their expectations. Joining the family wine business is not in his future. With his heart set on a career crafting jewellery, Nik has only two things to focus on: endure this last year of high school and win a scholarship. Until the day a bronze-haired warrior princess wades into the middle of a schoolyard brawl, and suddenly, she's the only thing he can see. Eight years in the future, Simon Buchanan stumbles across a confused young woman cowering against a castle wall. Betrayal by both family and lovers has taught him to trust no one. Although bewildered by his instant attraction, he finds unexpected ease in the company of this stranger. And there's no denying the desire smouldering in her golden catlike eyes, or the overwhelming sense of destiny surrounding their chance meeting. Navigating the turbulent waters of her intertwined lives will force Cassie to confront truths about herself, her family and the men she loves in two separate worlds. And when those worlds collide, will love give her strength enough to rewrite the past and become the hero of her own story? Told from multiple points of view, over parallel timelines, the story has two romantic arcs-the first a teenage friends to lovers; the second an instant connection between two people who are soulmates destined to find each other in different lives. Although the fourth book in series, it can be enjoyed as a standalone.
