Awaken — Cassandra Dean

Guardian to the royals of Dormiraa, for seven years Bharia has protected Princess Thalia on her royal tour...and for seven years, duty has compelled she ignore her craving for fellow Guardian, Stahg. Finally returning home, an ambush separates guardian from charge, Bharia and Stahg finding themselves for the first time alone.

Without the princess between them, long suppressed passion erupts, and Bharia discovers Stahg has hidden his own craving. But when they find the princess, when they reach home, can duty and desire coexist?