For nearly ten thousand years, the Marked Covenant, an underground time traveling society, sought a champion prophesied to restore balance to mankind. Lola Scott was chosen as their savior. Little did anyone know they chose wrong.
It’s 332 BC and the animosity between Lola Scott and her employer has reached a boiling point. As the covenant’s Scorpion, Lola has become a liability. Looking to restore her standing on the team, Lola accepts a mission to steal the mythical Book of Ra from Alexander the Great’s possession. As if the odds weren’t already stacked against her, her boss assigns his nephew, Charley, to join her. Another cause for concern is the reemergence of an old flame in the emperor’s inner circle, who shares Lola’s objective. To complete her mission, Lola must outmaneuver both friend and foe in a game where one wrong move could see her lose everything.
In the year 800 AD, Mallaidh is the neglected princess of an Irish clan king. With her spinster status, Mallaidh has accepted being the forgotten daughter of the all-powerful monarch. What she doesn’t realize is she hasn’t gone unnoticed by a warrior who has his own plans for her. After coercing her into a deal she can’t get out of, the warrior prompts Mallaidh to take notice of a life she never knew she could have. As the time passes, their hostile partnership soon gives way for more. But when threats from the Northmen against her homeland mount, Mallaidh is left to choose between her duty to her people or the escape from her predestined fate.
Now, as her past and present identities converge, Lola must confront the truth of who she really is. With her two fates linked together and intertwined with history’s most powerful emperor, she’ll discover what it takes to claim a destiny.
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