Ancient prophecy says an Artuan first daughter will sit at the left hand of the king, but be as his right…

Astrid of the Artuan tribe will liberate her people from exile on the harsh jungle planet of Tiber…even if it means kidnapping a prince. Prince Jorunn's father ordered all the males of her clan killed fifteen years ago to secure his throne. Forcing the prince to perform the handfasting ceremony that will make her his queen seems a small sin in comparison.

Prince Jorunn can't believe the woman he mistook for a prostitute dared to drug him and take him back to her tribe for a marriage ceremony. The only thing more unbelievable is that a part of him — the part addled by the drug she slipped him, no doubt — doesn't think wedding this fierce and beautiful, kind and wanton woman would be such a bad idea.