Mia has spent her life being treated as a burden by the woman who took her in and the jealous daughter at her side. When her mother's life hangs in the balance, Mia accepts an unwanted wedding bargain with Jax, a disgraced man everyone in town mocks and avoids. What begins as a bleak arrangement soon becomes far more dangerous than either of them imagined.
Behind Jax's poverty and distant manner lies a secret no mortal suspects. He is the ancient guardian of battle, living in exile while gathering proof against Zeus and his ruthless rule. He has shut his heart against the world, but Mia awakens a tenderness he cannot deny. From the shadows, he turns her enemies' defeats into reckoning and becomes the refuge she never had.
As their guarded alliance grows into fierce devotion, Mia and Jax must choose whether their love can survive the divide between heaven and humankind. Together, they challenge a divine tyrant and discover that even an immortal warrior can surrender everything for one brave woman.
