Delle Jacobs Libri

"For generations, Arienh's people have feared the Viking raids. She knows all too well the terrible toll the Northmen have taken on the Celtes, having lost most of her own family to their swords. So one stormy night when she encounters and wounds a Viking warrior, she has every right to want him dead. And yet she hesitates. Ronan knows Arienh doesn't recognize him. He was just a boy when his kinsmen raided her village and Ronan risked his own life to protect her. Now he has returned to claim the beautiful girl who captured his heart years before. But wooing a Celtic woman is no easy task. And no one has a heart more guarded than Ariehn, who has sacrificed her own happiness for the good of her village. She and Ronan are unlikely lovers, forged in dangerouly opposite worlds--yet bound together by strength, sacrifice, and an undeniable passion."--Page 4 of cover

"Sent to execute the king's cryptic command to destroy an evil sorcerer, capture his castle, and take his daughter to wife, Alain DeCrency expects a hard siege. Instead, the castle is undefended, the daugher vanished, and the sorcerer dead, shrouded in a purple cloak. Alain lays claim to the cloakk and searches for the missing daughter. But soon he faces a new dilemma: how can he marry the missing lady when a beautiful, evasive servant has captured his desire? Melisande's only home to save her people is the Norman knight sent by the king. But that hope may be dashed when her evil father's magic reaches beyond the grave: the poisonous dye of the cloak is killing Alain, just as it had slain her mother. To save Alain form the cloak's enthralling spell, Melisande disguises herself as the servant Edyt and walks a fine line between death and desire, for if her terrible secrets are exposed, she'll be executed by the very man who has stolen her heart."--P. [4] of cover.

Like her mother before her, Leonie of Bosewood carries Faerie blood in her veins, a secret she harbors to protect her own life. For although the people of eleventh-century England believe in magic, their ignorance and fear have made being different a very dangerous prospect. Caught between the human and Faerie worlds, yet belonging in neither, Leonie must guard her heart...no matter how strong the temptations. As the king's emissary, Philippe le Peregrine has watched Leonie mature from gangly girl to alluring woman. With each encounter, his attraction grows, but he knows a match between them can never be. For Philippe hides his own secret, one that has condemned him to a life of lonely celibacy for fear of harming the woman he loves. But when powerful forces prompt them to unite against a sorcerer intent on conquering the world, Leonie and Philippe realize that only together are they strong enough to combat the evil threatening to engulf them.