Silver Tears (32 page)
When beautiful Zephromae watched her brother taken away as a tribute slave, she knew she must rescue him. Her childhood sweetheart, the noble and courageous Alexander, followed to protect her. But he couldn’t save her from a ruthless king, the lust of a savage prince or the fury of a spiteful queen who had power over them all.
But Zephromae possessed a secret strength that no one could have possibly imagined—and she would not hesitate to use it. Set in Crete in the heart of the Minoan culture Captive of Desire sweeps the reader into an ancient world of adventure and romance.
Lilah Fitzpatrick’s childhood sweetheart broke her heart when he married another woman. She never thought she’d find the kind of love she lost. Then Steele Denegal—a fearless Yankee soldier—swept her into his world of passion and captured her heart.
Suddenly Steele disappears, leaving Lilah alone and vulnerable to a treacherous man who’s determined to destroy her, along with the memory of Steele’s love. Will the promise in their passion find a future, or will Steele return before it’s too late?
While vacationing in Egypt, Pia Byrd finds herself transfixed by a miniature crystal pyramid. Roused by her intrigue, a handsome Greek sailor purchases it and, before she can protest, breaks it in two. Suddenly she finds herself plunged back through time and into the body of a queen. Standing before her is a golden-eyed Darius, a man with features—and the yearning—of a god.
Caught between her life in the present and the primal desires of her past, Pia will find a love both passionate and primitive, but can it exist in two ages?
When Scarlett Lamar returns home to Savannah to restore her mother’s ancestral mansion, she has no idea the antique mirror that she’s been captivated by since childhood is actually a window to her past.
Before long, Scarlett becomes the target of a passionate rivalry between two men from her past. While Allen Overman, both charming and seductive, wants Scarlett enough to pursue her across the rivers of time, Bolton Conrad has loved her since he first saw her walk into her first Cotillion ball—on the arm of Allen. Now Scarlett is back in Bolton’s life, setting off a series of events that will either join their hearts or tear them apart forever.
The grand plantation of Swan’s Quarter still echoes with memories of another time. It is there that Ginna Jones meets Neal Frazier, a recovering plane crash survivor. Young and handsome, but disturbingly familiar, Ginna is instantly drawn to this mysterious man.
When a walk in the garden sends the pair spiraling back through the veils of time, their fates become entwined with those of two young lovers separated by the Civil War. Plunged into another century, Ginna and Neal will discover destinies still waiting to be fulfilled, and a flame of passion that not even the passage of time can extinguish.
In the arms of Union Soldier Hunter Breckinridge, Clair Sumner finds love both true and impossible. In a century that isn’t her own, she lives another woman’s life, and loves another woman’s husband. As she’s haunted by visions of an eerie moonbow, Clair must risk her past and future for a passion that spans two worlds, and a love stronger than time itself.
In the city of New Orleans, Desiree La Fleur, a dark-haired Creole beauty, arrived with the purpose to celebrate her “Sisters of Sin,” the fallen women whose lives began and ended on a street known as The Scarlet Thread.
But deep inside Desiree, hiding just beneath the veil of purity, is a forbidden desire for a man who doesn’t want a wife. Armed with unwavering determination and proud innocence, Desiree will soon find herself in a world as enticing at it is dangerous.
Captain Damien Clay, a fearless, freewheeling member of Morgan’s Raiders, disguises himself as a woman to help win the war for the Confederates. But beneath the veil of his charade, he is all man.
Lavinia Rutledge cut off her striking red hair to go undercover as Private Vinnie Rutledge of Thunderbolt Plantation. But under the façade is a voluptuous, hot-blooded woman.
When this unlikely pair find one another, sparks fly and the flame of forbidden passion ignites.
Nicolette Vernet discovers the passion of true love that she’s always dreamed of in the arms of the infamous pirate Jean Lafitte. Equally enthralled with the young beauty, Jean wants nothing more than to bask in the purity of Nikki’s love.
But Nikki’s father has betrothed her to a ruthless, greedy man, and Nikki and Jean must fight for their lives, and their love, to hold onto the precious rapture they find only in each other.
