Author Lauren Hawkeye returns to Ancient Rome in her second erotic romance featuring sexy, fierce gladiatorsand the women they love.Lilia is the rarest of commoditiesa champion female gladiator. But success has come with a price: shunned by her peers and desired by hateful men like Gaius, the brother of the emperor, Lilia is at the mercy of those around her. Only her heart is impenetrable.After Christus, a warrior with the body of a god, is sold to the ludus that owns Lilia, she finds herself forced to defend her position and to guard her body and heart against the erotic sensations only he can bring. Beneath the tantalizing flesh of the gladiator, Lilia finds a man determined to protect her, to love her.But when Gaius reveals a challenge for the gladiators of Romean epic battle to the deathChristus and Lilia must fight to win their freedom, their lives . . . and each other.