Ashes

Secrets can burn. The Divided Kingdom, Book 1 Reared from birth to rule the Phoenix territory, Ana fled her future and her past when her parents were murdered. Now she secretly leads a rebellion to stop the human ruler, Edward, from experimenting on supernaturals. When she finds herself cornered by an assassin, she knows just what to Roast him and toast him. Then recognition sends blue-tipped flames licking through her veins. It's Cade, the royal bodyguard who once rejected her youthful confession of love. When Cade regains consciousness from the force of Ana's punch, he's still reeling from shock-and fury. He'd loved the princess, and for ten years he thought her dead. Though his inner jackal growls with desire for her, she is the key to completing his mission for Edward-hunt down the rebel known as Liberty. Ana can't believe Cade doesn't know the truth about Edward. If she can convince him of it, his blade could turn the tide of the rebellion. But first they must get beyond their past, or the whole kingdom could go up in smoke. Contains incendiary sex between a phoenix princess with a secret identity, and a jackal shifter who can take a lot of heat. Boys from the "hood", a king jacked up on enhanced DNA, and killer heels. Anybody got a match?