"Interesting paranormal plot with likable characters."

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 her fencing. When he learns where she's from, he plans to return her home and earn a reward for his king.

However, neither of them are aware of an evil presence following Catherine, determined to either drain her of her paranormal power and turn that power to evil, or to kill her before she remembers her past. This isn't the best time to fall in love, but they can't help it, and love, of course, complicates things greatly.

In DARK ENCHANTMENT, we're reunited with the de la Fer family, though in a time period a hundred years or so before Ms. Harbaugh's previous novel, NIGHT FIRES. She makes it easy to slip comfortably into the 17th century and brings that world to life immediately. The characters are very likable, the plot interesting and quite Understandable, and the passion incendiary. I liked it a lot and will definitely read her next novel. A very good read!

Reviewed by Lory Martin
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted December 26, 2003

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.