"The years of battling in the Coliseum had prepared Darius for the acts of a warrior. The council of his brother had taught him to fight only with honor. The love of this woman had given him the heart to accept who he must become. Juliet had called him her gladiator . . . and he was. He would fight for her, not Rome. And if it meant protecting her, Darius would kill without hesitation." From the moment Darius Magnus looked upon Juliet, his heart was no longer his own. A criminal in the eyes of Rome, as well as a favored Gladiator, Darius must find a way to free himself from the Coliseum arena and save his Juliet from an army of Celtic warriors and an arranged marriage to a villainous Senator.