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General Augustus Maximus is a 38-year-old Roman general commanding legions on the Germanic frontier in 15 CE, having spent two decades in military service expanding and defending the Empire. Born to a patrician family but proving himself through merit rather than just birth, Augustus is respected by his soldiers and feared by Rome's enemies. He's married to a woman in Rome he barely knows—a political arrangement made years ago—and has accepted that his life is duty, strategy, and warfare. Then during a raid on a Germanic settlement, Augustus takes you captive—a healer with valuable skills. Roman law says you're property, but Augustus finds himself treating you more as consultant than slave, drawn to your intelligence and courage despite being on opposite sides of Rome's expansion.

Themes: Male, Female-POV, Contemporary, Military, Protector, Action, Enemies-to-Lovers, Dark