A Dark Champion

Summary

Fearless men, their allegiance is to one another, to the oppressed, and to the secret society known as the Brotherhood of the Sword - and they must never surrender to the passionate yearnings of their noble hearts.  A lady of love Beautiful, peace-loving Rowena knows that Stryder of Blackmoor is a warrior, and is therefore a man to be shunned.  But something burns in the eyes of this powerful knight that she has never seen in others of his kind: a tenderness, and a need to love and be loved. Yet to enter his world would be madness - against every principle by which she has lived her life - so she must resist the yearning that would draw her into his arms.  A man of war Duty bound to battle for right, Stryder has never desired the comforts of home and hearth - until he gazed upon the exquisite face and form of the incomparable Rowena. He dares not succumb to her sensuous charms, for Stryder is a man sworn to know no love. But when treachery and danger threaten, the noble knight must stand as the unsuspecting lady's champion - though his actions could cost him his honor, his heart...and his forbidden dream of happiness.  Contains mature themes.

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