title: The Granite Rose
author: McKade, Jocie
description: Sworn to uphold his Emperor's orders, General Marcus Alexius must obey an Imperial command his conscious is rebelling against.
  Sianna Cynara, is the Princess of Dacia who has been forced to endure the treachery of Rome, finds her life balanced on the blade of the Emperor's sword.
  The Emperor has no heir, and dark forces of Rome’s elite intimidate, manipulate and murder to ensure one of their own will claim the Imperial throne.
  Thrust together by elements out of their control, these two bitter enemies can only trust each other to survive, escape the life and death games of the Coliseum, and find the true enemy of the throne.
  Their biggest enemy however, could be their wayward hearts.