"Terrific historical thriller with a supernatural turn"
In 1818 English gentleman Ian Rufford is sailing when
pirates attack his ship. He is taken to Africa as a
prisoner and eventually sold to beautifully cruel Asharti,
who abuses him in every sense of the word turning him into
a feral animal. He eventually escapes. Elizabeth Rochewell has enjoyed working and living with
her father as he leads archeological digs across Africa.
However, when an over four millennium old pillar crumbled,
crushed, and killed her beloved father, Elizabeth's life
died too. She returns to England as a single white woman
who cannot survive alone in Africa. When Ian and Beth
meet on the vessel from Africa heading to England they
find a commonality in Africa and a need to return as they
find the aristocracy boring and suffocating with
prohibitions on acceptable behavior. As they fall in
love, they realize they must battle an evil that may
possess Ian and threatens humanity. THE COMPANION is a fantastic Regency paranormal romantic
suspense that grips the audience from the moment that Ian
is kidnapped and never slows down in Africa or England
until the final confrontation with a malevolent vampiric
villain. The story line is action-packed but the audience
will feel deep empathy for Ian's plight even after he
frees himself from bondage as he still has not liberated
his mind and for Elizabeth who was used to total freedom
assisting her dad, but now feels choked by the
unfathomable rules. Susan Squires provides a terrific
historical thriller with a supernatural turn that avoids
an overbite when she twists the plot into the paranormal. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 3, 2005
SummaryEngland, 1815: Ian Rufford was captured, enslaved, and
then abandoned in the lonely dunes of Egypt's desert. His
tormentor was a woman of magnificent beauty...and the
blackest of souls. Now, Ian prays for a death that will
not come. Only after his rescue does he begin to realize
how he has changed. But he understands very little. Just
that he is carrying something strange in his blood known
only as "The Companion."
Elizabeth Rochewell's home was Egypt. After her father's
death, however, she is being sent home to live a
conventional life in London. On board ship, she finds
herself drawn to her mysterious traveling companion, Ian
Rufford. He awakens feelings in her that disturb and
tantalize her senses. But he hides a shocking secret that
Beth can only begin to unravel.
Now, journey with two linked souls who are determined to
stop one woman's evil quest. A journey that will take them
to the heights of desire and the depths of depravity. THE
COMPANION is an unforgettable, sensual, and erotic novel
that take you places you've never gone before...and it
will make you believe in the power of true love.
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