Pruella McGuire has known great loss that has hardened her
heart and molded her into the woman she is now. Her
profession as business manager and partner of The Garden of
Nocturnal Delights, a house of beautiful courtesans and the
house of her daughter, gives her great pride and a feeling
of home. After her husband decided she was not enough for
him and disappeared, Pruella made a successful life for
herself, living only for her daughter. One pleasure she
doesn't mind indulging in is the theater where the
entertainment troupe enthralls their audience with
frivolous dance, tricks of the hand and heartbreaking
music. To her dismay, Erik the Golden, with his beautiful
soul-wrenching voice, has taken an interest in her; too bad
her heart will not allow it.
Erik the Golden received his gift from the Gods when he was
17 and dying; these gifts are both a curse and a blessing.
Not only can he make beautiful words into a heartbreaking
song, but he can make others do what he wants just by
demanding it. This is the reason he only uses the music and
fights the urge to bend others to his will. When he was
young and stupid, he did not understand the ramifications
of using his gift of voice and caused the death of a woman;
he runs from the guilt daily. Knowing the Gods have plans
for him, he is still unable to resist the allure of the one
woman who is immune to his charm. But if he is anything, it
is persistent.
This sequel is just as magical and enticing as THE FLAME
AND THE SHADOW with its science fiction flare, futuristic
drama and depth of characters readers love. This is another
piece of the puzzle Rosetti has placed before us. In my
opinion, the wait is too long in between these stories. I
am anxious to read the next part in this fabulous story
arc.
A luminous new erotic fantasy romance from the author of
The Flame and the Shadow.
In the
subtropical city of Caracole, Erik the Golden is widely
known as irresistible-his Voice an instrument of incredible
pleasure. But the Voice is a curse as much as a blessing,
for once Erik used it to steal a soul, and now he must pay.
Pruella Takimori McGuire is the business manager
for the beautiful courtesans of the Garden of Nocturnal
Delights. She deals in numbers, not Magick, and when Erik
turns his charms in her direction, she sees only vanity, not
a golden gift. If Erik cannot use his power to win Prue's
heart, how can he truly possess her?
And all the
while, a far darker power corrupts the foundations of
Caracole-the Necromancer, who feasts on souls. When the
Necromancer's hired assassin kidnaps Prue, Erik must harness
his air Magick to recover the woman he has come to love more
than life itself.
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