The story is a prequel romance that explores the complex, age-gap relationship between a young, determined Tyler Jennings and Delphine Moreau, his best friend’s older, volatile aunt

Once upon a time . . .

There lived an ambitious boy determined to become a man before his time. And a woman, a battered soldier who recognized the scars that marred his soul – scars that mirrored her own.

Determined to help shape the warrior within him, it was their inexplicable bond that would for ever alter his heart . . . And the loss of that love that would redefine his destiny. After all, nothing has ever been fair in love and war.