Haines, Lise

In Massachusetts, eighteen-year-old Lyn, who has grown up in the public eye as the daughter of seven gladiators, wants nothing less than to follow her mother's path, but her only way of avoiding marriage to the warrior who killed her last stepfather may be to face him in the arena.

Seventeen-year-old Molly, her mother in a hospice and her father having deserted the family years earlier, is forced to go live with her older sister Amanda, and even though the two girls have always had an explosive relationship and have never been close, they must find a way to overcome their differences and learn to support one another.

In Massachusetts, eighteen-year-old Lyn, who has grown up in the public eye as the daughter of seven gladiators, wants nothing less than to follow her mother's path, but her only way of avoiding marriage to the warrior who killed her last stepfather may be to face him in the arena.