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"Great world building and storytelling"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 15, 2003

In 1659 Paris, Sir Jack Marstone rescues the muddied filthy Catherine de la Fer from assailants. She remembers little of her past, but he provides her a safe haven while she heals at least physically. When she recovers from her injuries, he teaches her how to use a Read more...

"Interesting paranormal plot with likable characters."
Reviewed by Lory Martin
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted December 26, 2003

Catherine de la Fer knows her name and that she suffers from stigmata, but little else in this year of 1659 in Paris. She has a small skill in fencing and is attempting to hone that skill. Enter Jack Marstone, emissary of the exiled King Charles of England, who'll teach Read more...

Summary

Author Karen Harbaugh returns to the dark, sensual world of her acclaimed novel Night Fires...a world of danger and desire, sorcery and seduction...the glorious world of the beautiful, doomed de la Fer family. For here, the ravishing fugitive Catherine de la Fer battles the deadliest sorcery of all: the seductive power of one man's endlessly erotic touch. A shattering act of violence drives Catherine de la Fer to flee into the dark and deadly night. Now a hunted criminal, the wily French noblewoman enlists the services of English mercenary Jack Marstone to teach her the art of self- defense. But she has cast her lot with a man whose terrible secret plunges them into a world of depravity and deadly seduction. Their taboo desire takes them from the moon- shadowed highways of Paris to the treacherous palace of the Sun King—the prey of a highborn enemy with the mind-bending powers of a sorcerer's dark arts. As day becomes endless night, as they enter a place of unimaginable pleasure, France's most notorious swordswoman and her forbidden lover will attempt a daring act of rescue—one that could promise them eternity in each other's arms...or damn them both forever.