Our Captive Hearts (Embers of Nia #3)

Nev didn't want to take the job; it wasn't in her line of work. But she needed to take it. It offered protection from her guild and a ticket to anywhere away from Kenarsi. Still, it was dangerous, perhaps only a little more dangerous than her usual employment. Offering herself up to be "kidnapped" by real monsters seemed only a little riskier than dispatching human monsters. But sitting bound in the back of a wagon, headed gods knew where, was beginning to feel no more appealing than her troubles back home.

All Bren wanted was freedom—a chance to see the world, just once, before being shackled to a throne he didn't care about. And when he finally got what he wanted, it was glorious. Freedom tasted so good. But he must have angered the gods somehow. Their enslavement by a pack of creatures who attacked his ship, abducting him and his men. Now, he found himself agonizing about the safety of the men who looked to him for leadership and trying to find a way to escape. The answer to their deliverance just might be the clever little woman who somehow found herself thrown in with their lot.





Rated '4/5 - Explicit open door' for steam/spice/heat level.