quintus ambustus is a slaveadiona leonia is a wealthy socialite he fights for his life in the gladiators ringshe plays cutthroat politics in romes high society hes sacrificed everything for his christian faithshe believes in nothing and no one but when adionas life is threatened quintus is chosen as her bodyguard and their fascination with one another shocks them both neither thought to find joy in a match society would condemnbut their feelings cannot be denied have they lost too much to believe in happiness or will their growing love let them leave the past behindand build a new future together