Cinders Between Us

She was born to rule an empire. He crossed an ocean to conquer it.Princess Citlali has always known her destiny. As a daughter of Aztec royalty, she must protect her people and marry the noble warrior chosen to stand beside her. Love was never part of the promise until Spanish conquistador Mateo de León arrives on Mexico's shores.Mateo is dangerous, ambitious, and bound to the Crown. Citlali should despise everything he represents. Instead, every forbidden glance draws her closer, and every secret encounter ignites a desire powerful enough to consume them both.Caught between the man she is promised to and the enemy who has awakened her deepest passions, Citlali must decide where her loyalty truly lies. But Mateo has a choice of his own. He can surrender to the woman who has conquered his heart or complete the mission that brought him across the sea.As rebellion erupts and the city burns, passion becomes betrayal, devotion becomes possession, and Citlali discovers that Mateo's love may not lead to freedom.It may carry her in chains across the ocean.Cinders Between Us is a dark and passionate historical romance filled with forbidden desire, royal rivalry, dangerous loyalties, and a love destined to leave an empire in flames.