Sometimes you just want a quick romance read...but this one wasn't one of those! I spent the day reading it, so it can be read quickly but the story line required some focus and the romance was really pretty secondary to the rest of the story. If you are one that likes a simple story with lets of sex then this book is not for you. I enjoyed it however and I really enjoyed the completely different storyline. I believe I will look for the sequel to this book as well as hope for a spin off of another character she mentions in the storyline. It really had a little bit of everything and I really enjoyed the characters. Interesting reading overall...

This was a great love story. Set during the Crusades, the story was fast-paced, the characters were well-developed, and the plot was engaging. I could relate to the main characters: Ware with his compulsive desire to protect everyone around him and Thea with her often stubborn insistence on freedom. Kadar, Ware's half Frankish-half Armenian best friend, was an intriguing character. The secondary friendship/romance between Thea's little sister, Selene, and Kadar was poignant--they were both such isolated, self-reliant people, who found in each other a reason to be less so. Ware's secret, when it was revealed, was surprising and thought-provoking. Considering the story's setting during the Third Crusade and the condition of women in the 12th century, I believe that the Knight Templars' secret was potentially catastrophic, and the danger to Ware and everyone close to him, real. In a perfect world, their secret needn't have been so. But then, the "best of all possible worlds" doesn't exist.

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Liked the book, good reading.

This was an entertaining read. Good characters that leave you wanting more.

This book started out slow but than I got into it. I feel like there is other books that go with this one not sure. nellie

Entertaining, enjoyable. It is one of Johansen's better romance books.

Very good book. I liked the level of romantic tension.

Woven with searing sensuality, here is the unforgettable story of a woman who is carried away by a powerful Lord to a secret stronghold, where she becomes his prisoner, his tormentor...and his lover.

Lord Ware rescues Thea from the desert and takes her captive. Before long he is the captive of her heart.

good book!

Set in 1189. Historical romance. Scottish hero.

The darkly handsome warrior found her in the hot desert night, the last survivor of a caravan devastated by a brutal attack. But Thea could hardly have found a less likely savior. Brooding, powerful, boldly erotic, the infamous Lord Ware felt no need to rescue a total stranger, But Thea's striking beauty and fighting spirit moved him. So the knight in tarnished armor carried her away to his secret stronghold at Dundragon, where she would become his prosoner, his tormentor, his lover...and the one weapon his deadly enemy could use to destroy him.

Haven't read it. My aunt gave it to me.

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