The story of Adam and Arabella Welles, the son and daughter of Cassie and Anthony Welles.
Adam has enjoyed women but hasn't yet found the woman created just for him. As for Arabella, she is as independent and strong-willed as her brother and her parents. When both brother and sister go adventuring in Naples to solve the mystery of their father's missing ships and cargoes, they discover that the person behind this thievery is an enemy from their father's past. This enemy manages to drug Arabella and pack her off to a harem in North Africa, Adam in pursuit.
But Adam isn't alone, there's a stowaway with him he certainly doesn't expect. Her name is Rayna Lyndhurst, daughter of a man who is dead set against the Welles family. But do children ever pay attention to their parents?
Arabella finds the harem a frightening yet fascinating place, a golden prison from which there is little chance of escape. Her master is Kamal, the Bey of Oran, a man who must be her enemy but who is unlike any man she has ever known. As for Kamal, he suddenly finds himself faced with a woman willing to fight him to the death -- a woman who both bewitches and infuriates him.
Allison W. (alliwag) from ROUND ROCK, TX wrote on 3/30/2007...
Very good and suspenseful
Dorothy C. (pussinboots60) from LE MARS, IA wrote on 3/14/2007...
arabella finds the harem a frightening yet fascinating place, a golden prison from which there is little chance of escape
Ann H. from RIVERTON, WY wrote on 11/8/2006...
Note: Spine & cover creased
Anna W. (annie215) from CHARLESTOWN, IN wrote on 9/5/2006...
Arabelle finds the harem a frightening yet fascinating place, a golden prison from which there is little chance of escape.
Catherine Coulter is a very good story writer.
Kathy B. (Biv) from LITTLE MTN, SC wrote on 8/29/2006...
Arabell Welles goe to Naples to solve the mystery of her father's [Anthony Welles of Devil's Embrace} missing ships and cargoes.She finds that the person responsible is an old enemy of her father's,who packs her off to a harem in Africa.
Susan D. (dougbrimor) from SWEDESBORO, NJ wrote on 7/1/2006...
In Devils Embrace, my very first historical romance we meet two characters who are still very real to me. Cassandra Broughton and Anthony Welles. For beautiful Cassie, the seething city of Genoa seems a world away from the 18th century estate where she was raised. It is here that she meeets Lord Anthony Welles, the brutally handsome aristocrat who swears that he will win Cassie's heart even as he conqueres her body.
Gloria L. from LK HAVASU CTY, AZ wrote on 4/8/2006...
Wonderful story
Anne A. (tinlizzy) from Sullivan, OH wrote on 8/27/2005...
I couldn't lay it down. Wanted to read it until I finished.
T. C. (TC) from STAUNTON, VA wrote on 7/25/2005...
This book comes after "Devil's Embrace" and is about their son and daughter. The in print version has been RE-WRITTEN.
Golden-haired hellion Arabella goes to Naples, Italy to solve the mystery of her father's missing ships and cargo. But soon she discovers that the man behind the thievery is an enemy from her father's past-a man she shouldn't love, but can't resist.