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"Very entertaining paranormal romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 20, 2004

Simon was a six years old Irish slave to a nasty Saxon overlord when the Normans invaded and killed his lord which made the lad very happy. Two decades later, Simon is fighting to retake the Holy Land when the Caliph Kivar provides Roxanna as a bride to the Read more...

"Fantastic start to new paranormal series."
Reviewed by Vicky Gilpin
Posted January 10, 2005

When a treaty deal goes wrong, Crusader knight Simon becomes a vampire in the midst of a bloody battle. After exploring Europe with his small companion and another vampire in a perfume bottle, he discovers the answers to his salvation may rest in a distant fabled castle guarded by a Read more...

Summary

The first novel in a seductive new medieval romance series A valiant warrior... Wearied by the violence of the Crusades, Simon, Knight of Lyan, is returning home to Ireland when he is attacked by a vampire and transformed into a creature of the night. His only chance for redemption is to find an ancient treasure of legend -- the power of which can restore his humanity. A brilliant beauty... Young Isabel of the Castle Charmot knows that her freedom and the preservation of her family's estate depend not only on her comeliness, but on an intricate deception of her own design. Thus far, her ruse has kept potential enemies and amorous suitors at bay -- until the mysterious visitor appears at her door, asking to explore the catacombs of her keep. A desperate desire... In each other, Simon and Isabel find the comfort and trust to share their separate secrets -- and a shared passion they never thought possible. But when the sinister creature that cursed Simon to darkness arises once more, the doomed knight must choose between saving his immortal soul and claiming the heart of the only woman he's ever loved....