Description: Lydia Hartwell has already died once for General Lucian Vale. Sent from a starving apocalyptic world into a deadly survival mission, Lydia's task is simple in theory: keep the brilliant young general alive until his twenty-seventh birthday, and she can finally go home. But after four years of marriage, endless sacrifices, and a husband who looks at her with more fear and resentment than love, Lydia learns the truth the hard way-no matter how much she gives, Lucian's heart still turns toward Celeste Ashford. When death sends Lydia back for a second run, she stops fighting for his affection. Instead, she begins settling scores, cutting ties, and preparing her own escape. In a manor full of gossip, scheming, and carefully hidden cruelty, every kindness has a price, every wound is political, and every choice pulls her closer to the end of her mission. But Lucian is starting to see the woman he has misunderstood for far too long. And by the time he realizes what Lydia truly endured for him, she may already be beyond his reach. In a story of bitter love, quiet revenge, and devastating regret, Lydia must decide whether saving Lucian Vale is worth one more drop of her blood. Author Biography: Ivy Morrison is a contemporary romance author known for emotionally rich stories of love, longing, and second chances.