The Archaeologist and the Empire: Bound by Relics, Chosen by Fate (The Relic-bound Series Book 1)

She fell into the past. She fought to survive it. She never expected to fall in love.When archaeologist Raine O’Sindar vanishes during a dig, she awakens in the heart of the Aztec Empire, disoriented, and face‑to‑face with Emperor Chicahua, a man feared by many and trusted by none.

What begins as a desperate struggle to understand her place in a world not her own becomes something deeper, something impossible to deny.But when she is torn back to her own time, Raine discovers the past isn’t finished with her. Nightmares of battle haunt her. A storm answers her grief.

And lightning sends her back into the arms of the man she thought she’d lost forever.Now, with the empire on the brink of war and the gods whispering of destiny, Raine must choose where she belongs and who she is willing to fight for.A love that defies time. A world on the edge of history. A woman who refuses to let fate decide her future.