When Isabella Romano walks down the aisle to marry her father's chosen groom, she believes she is signing a peace pact with opposing families. Instead, she is taken away by Marco Santoro, the violent heir of her family's deadliest foe. Marco thinks he's captured a helpless pawn to end a bloody ten-year war, but Isabella isn't the weak girl he expected. She has been secretly training as her father's successor, and she has her own plans. As the days become a hazardous game of cat and mouse, Marco realizes that his captive may be the only person capable of healing—or entirely destroying—his fractured family. But when Isabella's true identity threatens everything both families have fought for, they must choose between vengeance and love, which could either save them both or spark a war that will burn everything down.