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"Highly sensual and unusual reading experience."
Reviewed by Lory Martin
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted May 18, 2003

It's 18th-century England, and Angene is determined to become the mistress of Lord Ducas Sangbourne. However, she does not know that he's presumed dead in battle and Dar St. Onge, his unknown twin, has taken his place. Dar's orders are to discover why Ducas has been feeding off of Read more...

"powerfully written paranormal erotic historical romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 19, 2003

In 1899 in a South African hospital, Ducas Sangborne lies dying when The Colonel, noticing the uncanny resemblance to mercenary Dar St. Onge, recruits the latter to masquerade as Ducas back in England. The Colonel believes that Dar will easily gain entrance to mysterious Sangborne Manor. He needs to Read more...

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Summary

There is desire in deception...

On a bloody Victorian battlefield, the penniless soldier of fortune, Dar St. Onge, has just been recruited for a covert mission to uncover the dark secrets of a mysterious family by taking the place of its dying heir, Ducas Sangbourne, a man who looks enough like him to be his twin.

...lust behind fear...

From the moment he arrives at Sangbourne Manor, Dar enters a world of unimagined privilege and wealth, where every decadent craving is gratified, every erotic fantasy is fulfilled, and the sins of the past simmer just below the surface. Dar must navigate a minefield of things he doesn't know, and raw emotions he's never felt before to even scratch the surface of the secrets of Sangbourne Manor. But nothing can prepare him for the half-gypsy Angene, who is determined to become Ducas's mistress. Wholly feminine, exotically beautiful, and too suspicious of him by far, she has the power to destroy him—when she isn't bringing him to his knees with her warm, willing sensuality...

...and danger in total surrender.

Now, as darkness settles over Sangbourne Manor, a powerful and unholy menace is gathering force, an unnatural bloodlust that hides behind the veneer of society and threatens everything Dar has ever wanted. In this opulent world where everything has a price and no payment is too steep, two suspicious lovers will have to learn to trust each other as Dar battles body and soul to claim him woman and his destiny.