"Vivid historical details highlight this great sequel to THE CONQUEROR."

Roxanne awakes from a drug-induced coma with no memory of Kayan, the man she loves, or her dead husband, Alexander the Great, or the child taken from her after he was born. Convinced he's able to make the beautiful princess fall in love with him, Ptolemy, the king of Egypt and Alexander's brother, takes advantage of her lack of memory and renames her Mayet. However, when she begins to experience flashbacks and dreams of a powerful warrior with black hair and a sinewy body holding a baby in his arm, Roxanne begins to doubt Ptolemy. When he asks her to be his wife, she has no reason to refuse, yet somehow deep inside, she feels the tug of true love's ties.

Kayan reels at the news of Roxanne's death, but in his heart she lives. He's sent on a journey to discover the truth behind her death and winds up finding the woman he loves has forgotten he exists and is on the verge of marriage. Bent on having her once again, he steals her from under Ptolemy's nose and flees back to their native country with all of Egypt in pursuit.

I particularly enjoyed how Ms. French gave nothing away until the end. I fell in love with her hero and heroine. This sequel to THE CONQUEROR is packed full of vivid historical details that will transport the reader back to mystical Egypt. A great read!

Reviewed by Shayne Sawyer
Posted July 10, 2004

Summary

Surrounded by the exotic luxuries of ancient Alexandria, courted by the world's most powerful men, Roxanne is a woman of privilege—and one with no memory of her past. Flashes of recollection bewilder her, images of a tiny baby torn too soon from her loving arms. Then one starless night a stranger enters her silken chamber, startling her with his dark savagery, seducing her with his sensual mastery. Does he hold the key to the mysteries that plague her? His tales of passion and betrayal seem too fantastic to be true, but her heart tells her one thing is as certain as the rising of the sun: She once gave all her love to this daring warrior, had pledged her hand and her honor to . . . The Barbarian.