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Texas Rangers
That’s the Texas Ranger motto, but when Chad Foster’s rebellious brother goes missing, it’s time to put his elite training to use investigating a crime that strikes much closer to home. Turning Los Angeles inside out to retrieve Trey and save their ranch from a ruthless land grab is a no brainer, even if it puts his badge at risk. His only lead is a heart-stoppingly sensuous exotic dancer with a very tempting butterfly tattoo, the woman who helped scam his brother out of their ranch. But staying on top of this redhead’s every suggestive word and sensual move means putting his case–and his heart–right in the line of fire . . .
A Texas Ranger, complete with quarter horse, is as out of place in downtown L.A. as a lawman is in the bed of a suspect, but with both their lives at risk, Chad has to put his trust in the one woman who could bring him down for good, and pray that somehow hard evidence is really just a pack of lies. . .
Wild Heart Tamed
Leanna
Radiantly beautiful, achingly desirable, she was the innocent pawn of an unscrupulous plot. Kidnapped and drugged, she awoke in London’s most infamous brothel–locked in the powerful arms of her unsuspecting seducer.
Jason Blaine
The striking but arrogant America, who unwitting seduction of the golden haired beauty led to a reluctant whirlwind marriage… in hopes of thwarting the plotter’s vicious scheme…
Sir Gavin Redfern
His icy heart spurned by an unrequited love, he followed the young newlyweds to America–where at last he could unleash his raging vengeance.
A turmoil of passion and fury, from London to the wilds of Georgia, their wild hearts were entwined in a fierce struggle that could only be tamed by love itself.
Nominated, Best New Historical Romance Author, Romantic Times
The Tender Devil
He was the devil in the flesh
Captain Luke Garrison … a dark and devastatingly handsome American, he was as powerful as he was arrogant. His sparkling eyes demanded her passion. His burning touch enslaved her desire…
She was an angel in his arms…
Aimee Lingstrom … a blonde Norwegian beauty, she vowed no man would ever possess her. Yet to save her family from financial ruin, she recklessly gave herself in marriage to an absolute stranger…
From innocence to ecstasy…
Aimee cast herself into the flames of endless rapture. Yet theirs was a love fraught with danger and intrigue. From the splendor of royal ballrooms to the shame of London brothels, Aimee fell prey to a savage fate–and only a lover’s heated kiss and tender embrace could save her.
Norwegian Edition
The Hawk's Lady
Lady Victoria Alicia Grenville
Beautiful and boldly defiant, Lady Victoria sailed away from England to escape an obligation of marriage. Then, the unthinkable happened. Her ship was captured by Barbary pirates-swashbuckling savages who abducted young women to sell into slavery. Now, Tory’s shattered destiny lay in the hands of dangerous men….
Captain Sinan Reis
A dashing former American pirate known as the Hawk, who would shun a vast profit…to claim the English beauty for himself. On his own terms, for his own reasons.
Ahmet
A Turkish rogue who lusted for vengeance…by defying the Hawk and stealing his precious lady.
Bey of Algiers
The aging chief of Algiers, who held the power to posses, or destroy, them all.
Tory’s heart was imprisoned by fate. And yet, her secret passion for her pirate captor-the handsome and strong-willed Hawk-bound her soul with a chain of desire. Together, on an odyssey of exotic peril and forbidden pleasure, they would challenge an empire…and risk their lives for love!
Nominated, Best New Historical Romance Author, Romantic Times
Reviewer: Publisher’s Weekly
Shannon (Wild Heart Tamed) pilots a richly detailed yet slow moving tale of pirates, spies and love triumphant. Lady Victoria Alicia Grenville, aka “Tory the Terroy,” flees her impending marriage to a baron, setting sail from England only to be seized by Barbary pirates. One, Captain Sinan Reis, abducts her to North Africa, and Tory’s happiness seems assured when she falls in love with Hawk, as he is called. But this swaggering seetheart, whose real name is Beau Cochran, is actually an American in search of his sister, who is being held captive in a harem. When Tory learns Hawk’s true identity, she doubts his affections because of his duplicity. Despite requisite raciness in amorous scenes and efficient characterization and scenesetting, the novel loses momentum in the lovers’ long process of reconciliation.
Midnight Rider
WHICH MYSTERIOUS WOMAN STOLE THE CAPTAIN’S HEART?
Was it the expert swordswoman whose flashing eyes set him aflame? Or the picture of innocence whose passionate kisses melted his heart? Or was it the spirited Indian maid taking passage aboard his ship?
Beautiful Magdalena Flanagan de Sarria was ALL of them – and more…She was a noblewoman concealing her identity to win back her honor.And while battle swept California, dashing sea captain Clint Browning would touch the tender woman beneath Magdalena’s clever masks.
For he knew that her boundless desire was meant for him alone…The darkest secrets of the heart belong to the **Midnight Rider**
*Best Western Adventure Historical*
*Romantic Times – Recommended Read, “Warrior Women” Article*
Reviewer: Publisher’s Weekly
Shannon’s “The Hawk’s Lady” garrulousness cripples the pace of this romance set in pre-annexation California of the 1830s, copious explanations of every thought, word and deed interrupting the forward movement of even the most dramatic encounters here. Magdalena, a ranchero’s granddaughter wrongly accused of murder, and Clint, an American reluctantly persuaded to spy on the Californios on behalf of the pro annexation movement, fall in love, generating a chemistry that is Shannon’s most incendiary to date. Magdalena is especially captivating, more than a match for the assorted desperadoes she captains in her eventual disguise as the bandit leader El Halcon during a quest to regain her inherited lands and clear her name. Clint, with his fiery masculinity and deep respect for Madalena’s daring and unconventional talents as a warrior, suits the heroine exquisitely. A final confrontation, between Madalena and her vile cousin, is histrionic but satisfying.
Surrender The Night
ONLY ONE BRAVE WOMAN COULD TAME HIS WILD HEART…
“Demon” Devon Cavanaugh, Earl of Brookstone, rescued beautiful Katrina Lawson’s virtue… only to seduce her with his fiery caresses. He offered the stunning commoner all of London’s sparkling treasures–except for his love. But spirited Katrina would be no man’s mistress–even a man she adored beyond reason. She fled Devon and disappeared….
Seared by her memory, the lord searched–and finally found her in a Cornish village. Poverty had reduced her to a life of smuggling–surely the wench would accept his glittering gifts now!
But Kat Lawson had a surprise for the snobbish scoundrel… she would teach him that love was the rarest gift of all.
Reviewer: Kathe Robin and Denise Little
Kathe Robin, Romantic Times “The power of love shines like a beacon in this very emotional love story.”
Denise Little, B Dalton Heart to Heart previews May/June 1992 “This is a clever, fast paced adventure by the author of The Hawk’s Lady. Katrina Lawson is a beauty without the advantage of high birth or wealth. The Earl of Brookstone, Devon Cavanaugh, has both, and is willing to offer anything but marriage to add Katrina to his possessions. It’s not enough for Katrina; she flees to Conrwall and life in a smuggler’s den rather than becoming the nobleman’s mistress. But when Devon discovers that Katrina finds a life of crime preferable to being his pampered pet, all heck breaks loose. I got a kick out of watching the Earl learn the true worth of love in a hard school.”
Golden Fires
AN ADVENTUROUS WOMAN
Lina Collier knew the archaeological expedition would be a grand adventure — and a great success. She was sure there was gold to be found — but she didn’t realize she would discover another treasure, as well…
A RUGGED MAN
Expedition guide Jeremy Mayhew was sure the journey to Mexico would be a disaster — but he was swayed by the arguments of the seductive, headstrong girl … and by her charms.
Lina Collier and her father eagerly make plans for an archaeological dig in 1879 Mexico, certain they’ll find enough gold to pay their numerous bills. Lina knew the expedition would be a grand adventure — and a great success. She was sure there was gold to be found — but she didn’t realize she would discover another treasure as well… expedition guide Jeremy Mayhew!
Jeremy Mayhew was sure the journey to Mexico would be a disaster — but he was swayed by the arguments of the seductive, headstrong girl… and by her charms. Jeremy’s job was to protect her from danger. But when Lina noticed the fire in his moody gray eyes, she wondered if the greatest danger was Jeremy himself — and the fierce, yearning desire he sparked deep inside her!
Reviewer: FantasticFictionUK
“On an archaeological expedition in Mexico to find gold, Lina Collier finds a real treasure in Jeremy Mayhew, the expedition’s handsome guide.”
The Gentle Beast
Book 1, fairy tale trilogy about the Kimball family
Once Upon a Time They Lived Happily Ever After…
GIVE YOUR HEART TO THE GENTLE BEAST AND FOREVER SHARE LOVE’S SWEET FEAST
Raised amid bountiful wealth and enlightened ideas, Callista Raleigh was more than a match for the radicals, rakes, and reprobates who railed against England’s King George III. Then a sudden reversal of fortune brought into her life a veritable brute who craved revenge against her family almost as much as he hungered for her kiss. And even though her passionate foe concealed his face behind a hideous mask, Callista believed he was merely a man, with a man’s strengths and appetites.
But when the love-starved stranger swept her away to his secret lair, Callista realized that wits and reason weren’t enough to conquer him — she’d need a desire both satisfying and true if beauty were to tame the beast.
Awards:
Best British Isles Historical, Romantic Times
Kiss Award Best Hero, Romantic Times
Romantic Times Top Pick
Reviewer: Kathe Robin, Romantic Times
When independent-minded Callista Raleigh discovers that someone is trying to ruin her father, her life is thrown into turmoil. Callista knows it has something to do with her father’s past and a fabulous yellow rose diamond. But she doesn’t understand who or what the masked “beast” wants.
Drake Herrick has waited a lifetime for his revenge against Raleigh. And now the opportunity is at hand, but he never expects to hunger for Callista as much as he wants to quench his thirst for revenge. She is nothing like he imagined and much more than he expects.
Callista will do whatever she must to protect her father, even sacrifice herself to Drake. But as she gets to know and understand “The Beast” she comes to love him and eventually will risk all to claim his love, vanquish a handsome enemy and erase past mistakes.
Engrossing, and filled with sexual tension, intrigue and passion, THE GENTLE BEAST is a highly original and enjoyable Beauty and the Beast. Colleen Shannon has infused her tale with all the drama, excitement and mystery of the classic and added her own magical style, turning this into a wondrous tale to be cherished. SENSUAL (Oct., 400 pp., $5.99)
The Steadfast Heart
Book 2, fairy tale trilogy about the Kimball family
Once Upon a Time They Lived Happily Ever After…Dance With Destiny
Vincent Anthony Kimball sat watching the ballet, the young ladies of the ton falling at his feet, and tried to ignore the aching feeling inside him. Though it had been nearly ten years since his first and only love, Chantal, had disappeared from his life, memories of her sweet face, of the passion they’d shared, still haunted him. Then, suddenly, he saw her at center stage, and was engulfed by waves of need and longing.
But was she really his long-lost Chantal, or the prima ballerina Papillone? She claimed not to know him, but the way her slim body responded to his kiss told him otherwise. And Vince knew that, like the brave tin soldier of the fairy tale, he would do anything to return his true love to him, give anything to unite their hearts as one.
Awards:
Kiss Award Best Hero, Romantic Times
Reviewer: Kathe Robin, Romantic Times
For years Vincent Anthony Kimball, the eleventh Earl of Dunhaven, has mourned his missing friend and lover, Chantel. Then he sees her dancing on the stage. But is the lovely ballerina known as Pappilion the butterfly truly his beloved or just a look-a-like?
Chantel has her reasons for hiding her identity from Vincent and everyone else. She has a son to protect, a new life to build and a past to keep hidden. But she cannot deny the power of the love they shared nor her still burning desire for Vincent.
Vincent pursues Chantel, unraveling the mystery surrounding her, becoming her first client at her dancing school and slowly winning back the love of his sweetheart. But the past and the dangers of the present follow Chantel and Vincent, threatening to destroy their newfound joy.
Colleen Shannon mixes a heady tale of suspense and passion in THE STEADFAST HEART, teaching us that love and trust are intricately entwined. SENSUAL (Aug., 350 pp., $5.99)
Prince of Kisses
Book 3, fairy tale trilogy about the Kimball family
Once Upon a Time They Lived Happily Ever After…
The Princess
Daughter of wealth and privilege, lovely Charlaine Kimball was known to Victorian society as the Ice Princess. But when a brash intruder dared take a king’s ransom in jewels from her private safe, indignation burned away her usual cool reserve. And when the handsome rogue presumed to steal a kiss from her untouched lips, forbidden longing set her soul ablaze.
The Frog
Illegitimate son of a penniless Frenchwoman, Devlin Rhodes was nothing but a lowly bounder to the British aristocrats who snubbed him. But his leapfrogging ambition engaged him in a dangerous game. Now he would have to win Charlaine’s hand in marriage — and have her begging for the kiss that would awaken his heart and transform him into the man he was always meant to be.
Awards:
Kiss Award Best Hero, Romantic Times
PURCHASE
EXCERPT
Reviewer: Kathe Robin, Romantic Times
Jewelry designer and one-time cat burglar Devlin Rhodes plans to breach the well-guarded home of rival designer Charlaine Kimball, the “Ice Princess.”
Once inside her bedroom, he is enchanted by the princess. She, however, is stunned to find the arrogant half-French “frog” in her home. Devlin vows to be the frog who eats off her golden dishes and sleeps in her bed as he steals booty that includes priceless gems and a beautiful book.
Devlin returns all but the book to her and proposes they work on a design to enter in Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee competition. Not one to shrink from a challenge, Charlaine agrees.
Forced to wed due to gossip, Devlin and Charlaine face off. Though she is falling in love with him, she refuses to relinquish her independence, while Devlin stubbornly refuses to kiss her until she says “I love you.” Combine these willful characters’ pride and Devlin’s powerful enemies who plot his downfall and you have tension and action that builds until the climax.
In this delightful romance based on The Frog Prince, Colleen Shannon takes liberties with the original to come up with a wonderfully grown-up version. She has brilliantly mastered the technique of creating a fairy tale fantasy that delights and enchants readers seeking adult entertainment while remembering a cherished childhood story. SENSUAL (May, 380 pp., $4.99)
Heaven’s Rogue
Book 1, Time Travel Heaven Trilogy
At The Turn of the Century, Anything Can Happen…
His is timeless perfection, molded by a genius. He stands magnificently tensed for action, noble, confident, and invincible. His firm hips cradle superior masculinity. His body reflects the heroic ideal of an age; once every thousand years such a flawless man exists. And Honoria Psyche Fitzhugh recognizes in him the soul mate she’d always pined for and the champion she sorely needs. Too bad he is a stone-cold statue …
… a statue on which Honor has staked her career as a museum curator. But when the white marble turns to warm flesh under her fingertips, Honor knows she will risk more than her future in the art world for the man she has liberated with her touch. At the dawn of a new millennium, Honor has awakened a true Renaissance man — but has she found a love to carry her into the next century?
Awards:
Amazon Romance Editor Recommended Read
Reviewer: Harriet Klausner
In 1499 in a Roman cistern, artist Dominico Paolo Constantine Castiglione curses God and the angels for the losses of everyone he cherishes. To his shock, a beautiful angel appears and informs him that he will turn into a statue for the next five centuries to atone for his blasphemy. At the dawning of the new millennium, a virgin’s tears will awaken him from his enforced slumber and Dominico must find his family’s last living descendent. He then must guide the lad onto the right path in order to save humanity. If he fails, Dominico will turn to stone for eternity.In 1999, visiting American Dr. Honoria Fitzhugh falls into a hidden Roman cistern and finds Renaissance artifacts including a statue that probably is the first model of Michaelangelo’s David. With the cooperation of the Italian government, the Portland assistant art curator unveils her find. However, Honor’s elation turns to grief when the tests prove that the statue consists of an unknown material, but is definitely not made of stone. Her subsequent tears turn the statue into a human and she agrees to help Dominico find his relative. As they work together, her beloved “statue” falls off the pedestal, only to be replaced by a deep love that seems to have no future or past.
Award winning Colleen Shannon’s latest tale, HEAVEN’S ROGUE, is a magical blending of elements from several sub-genres into a wonderful story. Honor is an intriguing character whose childhood leads her to obsess over her work until “David” enters her life. Dominico is a great protagonist whose fifteenth century philosophy towards women makes him seem as if he truly traveled through time. The story line works because Ms. Shannon simply knows how to tell a superb tale that will garner her more acclaim.
Heaven’s Hero
Book 2, Time Travel Heaven Trilogy
At The Turn of the Century, Anything Can Happen…
Once upon a time former cop Nick Escavido believed in heaven and heroes. Until he lost his job, his wife, and his self-respect by doing the right thing with the wrong people.
Then a magic mirror and a whirlwind journey through time landed him in a bygone age… at the feet of the most dangerously alluring female he’d ever met. Lady Isabella Catherine Giovanni dressed like a man, but he soon learned she acted every bit a woman. And as she held his heart at sword point, he discovered that at the dawn of a new age, miracles do happen. To those who believe. To those who dare to be…
Heaven’s Hero
Awards:
Amazon Romance Editor Recommended Read
Reviewer: Kathe Robin, Romantic Times
In this spin-off from Heavens Rogue, readers are swept back in timeas Nick and his younger brother Ernie move though the portal mirror from modern-day New York to 15th-century Italy and right into trouble.
Ernie travels back in time seeking medicine for his friends dying daughter. Nick goes along for the ride, but his modern sensibilities are in for a shock when he meets Honor, her husband Dom, and beautiful Isabella.
Isabella has been trying to hold onto her estates despite the greedy Luccios machinations to force her into marriage. She needs a hero and Nick rescues her when her home is attacked, but when his wallet and its contents fall into Luccios hands, Isabella is placed on trial as a witch. Isabella must decide whether to stay in her time or follow Nick to the future. Luccio escapes into the portal and now the past and present collide in a stunning climax.
Colleen Shannon always creates a very different and exciting paranormal romance with twists and turns readers will enjoy. She portrays the 15th century with a fine historians hand and then makes magic as she shifts gears into the present. This is surely a keeper for fans. (Apr., 400 pp., $5.99)
Heaven’s Warrior
Book 3, Time Travel Heaven Trilogy
At The Turn of the Century, Anything Can Happen…
“In this final time travel of the trilogy, which is as yet unpublished, the action ends as it should, with Nick and Isabella’s descendant fighting her own battles in the third millennium for humankind. Rafe, the cynical ex-SEAL who is featured in both of the above novels, has done enough killing and vows never to fight again. However, he finds that working with Nick in security makes him restless.
When he visits Ernie one day, the magic mirror calls to him and shows him where humankind will be a thousand years from now: a world far away in the solar system. Humankind has evolved into empaths who are brilliant artists, engineers, and inventors—but who abhor any kind of violence. They’re invaded by a ruthless race and about to be annihilated or absorbed by forced breeding.
Without hesitation, Rafe steps through to their time to teach them again to fight. In the process, he falls in love with Nick and Isabella’s descendant, and while he doesn’t yet know it, their children will unite the warring galaxy into one strong coalition—a fitting legacy for the descendants of Michelangelo’s David and the Biblical David, who birthed a dynasty that united races.”
Heaven’s Hero
Awards:
Amazon Romance Editor Recommended Read
Moonstruck…The Cat’s Meow
DARK URGES
With the coming of the moon, wild happenings disturb the seaswept peace of Haskell Hall. And for the newest heiress, deep longing mingles with still deeper fear. Never has she been so powerfully drawn to a man as she is to Ian Griffith, with his secretive amber eyes and tightly leashed sensuality. Awash in the seductive moonlight of his tower chamber, she bares herself to his fierce passions. But has she freed a tormented soul with her loving gift or loosed a demon who hunts unsuspecting women as his prey? Awards: Romantic Times Top PickReviewer: Publisher’s Weekly
Shannon’s “The Hawk’s Lady” garrulousness cripples the pace of this romance set in pre-annexation California of the 1830s, copious explanations of every thought, word and deed interrupting the forward movement of even the most dramatic encounters here. Magdalena, a ranchero’s granddaughter wrongly accused of murder, and Clint, an American reluctantly persuaded to spy on the Californios on behalf of the pro annexation movement, fall in love, generating a chemistry that is Shannon’s most incendiary to date. Magdalena is especially captivating, more than a match for the assorted desperadoes she captains in her eventual disguise as the bandit leader El Halcon during a quest to regain her inherited lands and clear her name. Clint, with his fiery masculinity and deep respect for Madalena’s daring and unconventional talents as a warrior, suits the heroine exquisitely. A final confrontation, between Madalena and her vile cousin, is histrionic but satisfying.
The Wolf of Haskell Hall
Book 1, Gothic Shelly Holmes series
DARK URGES
With the coming of the moon, wild happenings disturb the seaswept peace of Haskell Hall. And for the newest heiress, deep longing mingles with still deeper fear. Never has she been so powerfully drawn to a man as she is to Ian Griffith, with his secretive amber eyes and tightly leashed sensuality. Awash in the seductive moonlight of his tower chamber, she bares herself to his fierce passions. But has she freed a tormented soul with her loving gift or loosed a demon who hunts unsuspecting women as his prey?
Awards:
Romantic Times Top Pick
Reviewer: Beth MacGregor
Never one to refuse a challenge, American heiress Delilah Haskell Trent cannot resist the curious terms of her inheritance of Haskell Hall. According to the English solicitor, she must live at Haskell Hall for six months or everything will pass to distant male relatives.
Once she arrives, Delilah begins to feel the haunting call of the beautiful, yet desolate moors surrounding the Hall and cannot deny her strange attraction to her estate manager, Ian Griffith, who is as wild and provocative as the lonely moors he loves.
Curious as to the deaths of the previous heiresses, Delilah discovers an ancient family curse and a legend that leaves her fearing for her life, yet irrevocably drawn to the very man who is destined to bring about her demise. As her feelings for Ian prove stronger than her will to resist, she finds love in the arms of a gentle and sensitive man haunted by secrets darker than the moonlit moors. Will they fight for their love and escape the evil that stalks them both?
THE WOLF OF HASKELL HALL is a provocative tale that will draw you deeply into the dark secrets woven within the pages of this tantalizing gothic story. As Delilah and Ian battle the demons within and without, they hold fast to their love in the midst of adversity and prove again that love is the greatest ally against the forces of evil.
Colleen Shannons THE WOLF OF HASKELL HALL is an emotionally intense love story that will prey upon your senses and shatter all your illusions. VERY SENSUAL (Jan., 393 pp., $5.99)
The Trelayne Inheritance
Book 2, Gothic Shelly Holmes series
A Dark Legacy
Women were dying, the blood drained from their bodies and two mysterious pinprick marks imprinted on their necks. And for all her training as a chemist, Angelina Corbett could not help wondering whether the whispers of “vampire” haunting her uncle’s isolated estate might have a basis in fact, especially after meeting their enigmatic neighbor, the Earl of Trelayne.
Locked in his powerful embrace as they waltzed across an opulent ballroom, Angel felt rational thought flee. His golden good looks rivaled the brilliance of Apollo, but an impenetrable shadow dogged his every step. His voice mesmerized her, his eyes silently beseeched her, his touch enflamed her and left her longing for fulfillment. She did not need scientific evidence to know he was her soul mate, but would his dance lead her to the heights of ecstasy or the downward spiral of the damned?
Reviewer: John Charles
American Angelina “Angel” Blythe Corbett arrives in England seeking answers about her mother, who left Angel orphaned at a young age at the same time the “Beefsteak Killer,” whose victims are all poor, young, and beautiful women found drained of blood, is terrorizing the country. Despite hearing disturbing rumors of vampires haunting the area around Blythe Hall, Angel hopes to convince her uncle to let her stay as an assistant in his science lab. After meeting Shelly Holmes (Shannon’s tribute to Sherlock), who investigated lycanthropy in Shannon’s previous book, The Wolf of Haskell Hall (2001), and her uncle’s closest neighbor, the Earl of Trelayne, both Angel and Shelly, her new ally, are left wondering if whispers about a vampire killer might be true, because the sinfully handsome earl seems capable of casting a bewitching spell. Angel soon discovers that learning the secrets of her mother’s past will bring answers she never expected. Shannon’s latest paranormal historical is a wickedly fun treat for vampire romance fans. Filled with wonderfully original characters, this richly sensual story neatly blends romance and horror with dazzling results.
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Catspell
Book 3, Gothic Shelly Holmes series
Shelly Holmes
Shelley Holmes was accustomed to the bizarre. Such phenomena as werewolves and vampires held no surprises for her. But in all her years of investigating the paranormal, she had never run across a case like this one …
Beautiful Arielle Blaylock was a proper Victorian miss by day, but a daring wanton by night. In her dreams she seemed to enter another life, one where sorcery and sensuality held sway. But how was it possible that the happenings of that shadow world were beginning to manifest themselves in reality? What was the significance of the Egyptian cat amulet she wore at her throat? And of the two mystical beings who fought to seduce her, which was destined to be her lover … the creature of light or the one of darkness? As her midnight wanderings became ever more alluring, Arielle found herself lost in a maze of danger and desire where one misstep might mean the end of love and life.
Reviewer: John Charles
As a psychic investigator, Shelley Holmes is used to dealing with the supernatural, but her latest case may be her most unusual yet. Beautiful and innocent Lady Arielle Blaylock is haunted by dreams of a golden “lion man,” who attempts to seduce her, and lately the lines between her dreams and reality are blurring. Not only has Arielle been waking up with mysterious scratch marks, which eerily resemble those found on the bodies of three women found murdered in Victorian London, but Arielle is also being courted by Luke Simball and Seth Taub, both of who resemble the mysterious lion man of her dreams. Soon Arielle finds herself caught up in a deadly romantic triangle as these two very different men battle for Arielle and her very soul. After triumphing over werewolves and vampires, the redoubtable Miss Holmes returns for her third deliciously entertaining paranormal adventure, and Shannon’s potent blend of Egyptian myth, simmering sensuality, subtle wit, and imaginative storytelling will cast a spell of its own.
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