When Rose Hathaway gets assaulted at a drunk party, she gets saved by a stranger. After that night, she doesn't feel safe anymore and decides to take self-defense classes. What happens when she finds out that her instructor is none other than Dimitri Belikov, the stranger who saved her that disastrous night? Can he help her face her demons? And will love blossom along the way? AH.

After Spokane Rose is perilously close to breaking. Discovered in her bed, Dimitri is forced to leave the Academy. Let down by almost everyone she knows and cares for, pulled between duty and love, the path ahead isn't easy. And just when things look like they're getting better life has a way of throwing up other challenges. Will they get their happy ever after?

Dimitri's training prepared him to be a Guardian. Known for his skill in the field, fate leads him to an unexpected position. He becomes the personal guard for a young Princess, and the mentor for her best friend: a strong-willed wild girl. When the rules that he has held strong to for so long are challenged, will he be able to choose between duty & destiny? *Mature scenes marked*