Sweeping from the sands of Arabia to the glitter and opulence of Imperial Russia, Susan Johnson brings us a glorious tapestry of love and war, a tale of two lovers who find the fiercest battleground lies within their own hearts…A brilliant scholar, Lisaveta Lazaroff is both beautiful and outspoken, an independent woman who refuses to play by the rules that govern men and society. A bold attempt to ride through the Turkish desert alone nearly ends her life, until she is rescued by a man who stepped out of her dreams. He is Prince Stefan Bariatinsky, a warrior in a land as divided as the spoils of war, a man whose passions are as intense as the battles he wages. His only weakness lies in a woman who challenges him for the one thing he has never lost: his proud heart.