"fabulous romantic fantasy thriller"
Claire Camden owns a bookstore, which she lives above.
Her life has been relatively quiet until the sudden
appearance of someone saying she is Sibylla, who realizes
the bookstore owner has not gone back yet, and demands the
page before knocking Claire out. Soon afterward Malcolm
of Dunroch, a Highland warrior claiming to be a member of
the Masters of Time arrives and insists he will not harm
her, but that he believes a page of power is in her
bookstore that contains twelve thousand books. To keep her safe, Malcolm takes Claire back six centuries
to his time. There she learns that the Masters of Time
was formed amongst the greatest knights to battle demons
that want to control the earth. As she gets to know
Malcolm, Claire falls in love. However, she needs to be
in the twenty-first century where a powerful page can
probably be found in her bookstore while he needs to
remain in the fifteenth century fighting the enemy as much
as his heart that he vowed never to give away when he
pledged his allegiance. Taking the needed time to establish the Joyce paranormal
universe where demons live and time traveling occurs, the
first book of The Masters of Time DARK SEDUCTION is a
fabulous romantic fantasy thriller. The story line is
fast-paced, but really accelerates about a third of the
way into the plot as Brenda Joyce shifts gears from
introducing her players and real to back and forth action
starring two valiant time-crossed lovers. Sub-genre
readers will rejoice with this fine entry and look forward
to more such sagas from out of this time and world lovers. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 27, 2007
SummaryHighland warriors sworn to protect Innocence through the
ages....
Malcolm of Dunroch has been chosen by the secret
Brotherhood, a nameless society of pagan knights sworn to
defend mankind. He is a novice to his extraordinary—and
dangerous—powers. But he has already broken his
vows--for an innocent woman's death is on his hands. Malcolm
is determined to fight his dark sexuality, denying himself
all pleasure...until fate sends him another Innocent, the
beautiful bookseller, Claire Camden.
Desire is the first weapon
Since her mother's murder, Claire has done everything
possible to make a safe, secure life for herself in a city
where danger lurks on every street corner, especially in the
dark of the night. But nothing can prepare her for the
powerful and sexual medieval warrior who sweeps her back
into his time—a treacherous, frightening world where
the hunters and the hunted are one and the same. Claire
needs Malcolm to survive, yet she must somehow keep the
dangerously powerful Master at arm's length. For she has no
wish to die in his bed like the others—in the throes of
dark, forbidden pleasure...
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