Lord of the Wolves

Informationen zum Autor New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. Her first book was published by Dell, and since then she has written more than one hundred novels and novellas. Married since high school graduation and the mother of five, Graham asserts that her greatest love in life remains her family, but she also believes that her career has been an incredible gift. Romance Writers of America presented Heather Graham with the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. Klappentext SHE IS A HEROINE OF HER PEOPLE. . . . With her extraordinary violet eyes, ebony hair, and ivory skin, the French countess Melisande was a prize for any man. But it was Conar MacAuliffe, a young warrior who rode into battle to defend her people, who made Melisande his bride-and then disappeared for years. Now MacAuliffe has returned to claim his wife, a ravishing woman determined to fight for her freedom at all costs. But the proud beauty who fears no man suddenly fears herself-and the passionate embrace of the husband who vows never to let her go. HE IS THE MIGHTY VIKING CONQUEROR THEY CALLED . . . Lord of the Wolves, a legendary warrior whose greatest challenge will come with the woman he is destined to wed. In the fiery Melisande he will find his heaven and hell. Even as he wages war for her heart, he dares not yield his own. Even as he lays sweet seductive siege to her body, he tries to shield his soul. It will take a common enemy and a little trust to awaken them both to a love that can change their lives forever. Leseprobe Chapter One Spring, A.D.885 The Coast of France "Melisande! Melisande! His ships are here!" Melisande had been a flurry of motion. The words brought her to a dead standstill in the center of the tower, a sudden cascade of both fear and anticipation sweeping through her. She had not believed that he would come! But with Marie de Tresse crying out the warning from the wooden parapet beyond her open tower door, Melisande could no longer doubt his promise that he would have his due. She stared at Marie's anxious face for a moment, dropped the tunic of delicately crafted mail she'd held, then tore through the doorway from the high tower chamber and ran out along the stone wall to stare out to the sea from the parapet. Indeed, he was coming. Dear God, it had been a day like this when he had first come. It seemed so long ago now! Was he always to catch her in adversity such as this? Would she always be left to wonder if he had come to her aid–or to destroy her completely? There was no question today, she told herself. He had come for what he considered his. She felt suddenly hot and cold at once. She pressed the back of her hand to her face. Her face felt like fire, her hand like ice. God, he was coming, he was coming. Wave after wave of tremors shot through her, sweeping her up. It seemed so long since she had seen him. As if it weren't enough that a thousand Danes under that loathed Geoffrey were at her door! Now, he was coming, too. After so long. Maybe there was a lot he had forgotten. And maybe there was a lot he had remembered. And God, how ridiculous! She wasn't half as afraid of meeting the Danes as she was of meeting him! Not afraid . . . Yes! Afraid, after all that she had done. And surely, with what his coming must mean! Dear Lord, he was almost here. She could see his ship, see the man! It was an extraordinary ship with its huge dragon prow. He rode his ship just as he had those many years ago when she had first seen him. One booted foot was high upon the helm. His great arms were crossed over his heavily muscled chest. A crimson mantle, broached at his shoulder with an ancient Celtic emblem, flew wild behind ...

Product details

• Authors: Heather Graham
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.1993
• EAN: 9780440211495
• ISBN: 978-0-440-21149-5
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 172 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Vikings
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature