"YOU HAVE BELONGED TO ME, BODY AND SOUL, SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME". Mesmerizedby the dark knight's turquoise gaze, Lady Brianna of Bedford tried to turnaway. After all, she was betrothed to Robert de Beauchamp. And now thistotal stranger, Christian Hawksblood, de Beauchamp's bastard brother,claimed her with a soul-searing look. What was his mystical power thatcompelled her to abandon herself to this man she dare not even trust.Christian Hawksblood, Prince and Knight Templar, burned with memories of thebeauty he first saw in a vision, clad only in a nimbus of red-gold hair.Brianna of Bedford was his, ordained by fate. But first he had to deal withhis jealous brother. And then with Brianna, the innocent temptress whobranded him with passion even as she compelled him to listen with hisheart...