Last updated Aug. 6, 2000
Brand,
the Viking, came to Ireland to conquer, not to be
conquered. Yet when princess Dierdre first spied him, he
was in a cage, brought back to her castle to be killed.
As proud as she was passionate, as brave as she was
beautiful, Dierdre too felt caged, for she was to wed the
loathsome King Malvin. Now taking her healing herbs
to the dungeon, she went to tend the Viking and meet her
destiny.
"DEFIANT
CAPTIVE is an adventurous tale of forbidden love.
" SENSUAL" says ROMANTIC
TIMES.
Set in Scotland 1740s
At
just seventeen, reckless young Glynis MacPherson could
out shoot, out-ride, outmaneuver most men- until she met
her match in Robert Forbes, a proud, strapping clansman
who dismissed her as a child. Enraged, Glynis
married another as Robert joined the rebels to restore
Bonnie Prince Charles to the throne. Yet even as
she took the holy vows, she dreamed of the man who
had inspired a womanly desire deep within her, a man she
was destined to love. Glynis was too alluring, too
troublesome, too young for Robert Forbes, until she ran
to another man's arms. Now she belonged to her husband in
the sight of God and man - a line Robert could not cross.
But when Glynis saved his life on the barbarous
battlefield of Culloden, she ignited a raging passion
not even divine law could deny, as together they were
swept into the winds of war.
The story begins in the exotic Byzantine Empire 523 AD and then centuries later in sixteenth century France.
The immortal Leandra, daughter of the lions falls in love with the handsome mortal, Alexander. Together they fight evil till destiny separates them. They meet again, they love again.
"Rich,
multilayered details of place and time permeate Joyce
Carlow's fantasy Romance and make for intriguing reading"
says Romantic Times.