Beautiful and defiant, Kristen Haardrad meets the hot, longing gaze of Royce, Thane of Wyndhurst, with icy fury - vowing never to be enslaved by the powerful Saxon lord who holds her captive.
She is his enemy and his prize - a wild and lusty hellion to be tamed by her dashing conqueror's kiss. But though maddened with desire for the golden-haired Viking temptress, noble Royce, in conscience, cannot force his exquisite prisoner to submit. For only Kristen's willing surrender can quench the blistering fires that sear his tormented soul - and heal a heart consumed by passion with a soothing balm of rapturous, unconditional love.
Annotation
New York Times bestseller Johanna Lindsey presents a searing novel of historical romance set in the perilous Viking period. The handsome Thane of Wyndhurst has met his match in stunning, proud Kristen Haardrad, and captor becomes captive to an urgent, explosive desire. (Doubleday Book Club Selection special hardcover edition.) Original.
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Beautiful and defiant, Kristen Haardrad meets the hot, longing gaze of Royce, Thane of Wyndhurst, with icy fury - vowing never to be enslaved by the powerful Saxon lord who holds her captive.
She is his enemy and his prize - a wild and lusty hellion to be tamed by her dashing conqueror's kiss. But though maddened with desire for the golden-haired Viking temptress, noble Royce, in conscience, cannot force his exquisite prisoner to submit. For only Kristen's willing surrender can quench the blistering fires that sear his tormented soul - and heal a heart consumed by passion with a soothing balm of rapturous, unconditional love.
Annotation
New York Times bestseller Johanna Lindsey presents a searing novel of historical romance set in the perilous Viking period. The handsome Thane of Wyndhurst has met his match in stunning, proud Kristen Haardrad, and captor becomes captive to an urgent, explosive desire. (Doubleday Book Club Selection special hardcover edition.) Original.