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Johanna Lindsey - Prisoner of My Desire
PRISONER OF MY DESIRE
by: JOHANNA LINDSEY
FICTION: ROMANCE
SYNOPSIS
"WHO SAYS ROMANCE IS DEAD? IT WILL NEVER FADE SO LONG AS JOHANNA LINDSEY CAN CHURN
OUT ANOTHER HISTORICAL... LINDSEY HAS MASTERED HER CRAFT; SHE CREATES FANTASY... YOU
WANT ROMANCE-YOU GOT IT!"
inside Books
"HIGH-QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT... THE CHARM AND APPEAL OF HER CHARACTERS AREINFECTIOUS."
Publishers Weekly
"SHE UNDERSTANDS A WOMAN'S SECRET
FANTASIES.. .JOHANNA LINDSEY CREATES FAIRY TALES
THAT COME TRUE."
Romantic Times
"FIRST-RATE ROMANCE"
New York Daily News
"I HAVE NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN HER STORIES ... A CONSTANT HIGH LEVEL OF
QUALITY."
Affaire de Coeur
"SPIRITED CHARACTERS, CONTRASTING SETTINGS
AND INTENSE CONFLICTS OF THE HEART.. .JOHANNA
LINDSEYHAS A SURE TOUCH WHERE HISTORICAL
ROMANCE IS CONCERNED."
Newport News Daily Press
END OF SYNOPSIS
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Chapter 1
England, 1152
The lady was small and fragile, but with the tall knight standing before her, her
frailty was much more apparent. Her blond head reached no higher than his broad
shoulders. And when his open palm cracked across her cheek, her thin bodyjerked to
the side with the force of it. A blow like that would have easily sent her to the
floor if she were not supported. But she was supported, by two of the knight's
men-at-arms. They stood well behind her, her arms twisted just so to thrust her
forward so they would not take a blow meant for her. This kept her upright when she
might have buckled, kept her there to receive another blow,and still another.
Across the small chamber, Rowena Belleme watched. She also was being held fast by
two
2 men-at-arms, the same two who had dragged her into this chamber to witness her
stepbrother's brutality. Blood trickled down the center of her chin from biting her
lips to keep from screaming. Tears fell copiously over ashen cheeks. But she had not
been struck herself. Like as not it...