A Dark Champion (Brotherhood of the Sword, Book 1)

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. 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, eace-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. Fearless men, their allegiance is to one another, to the oppressed, and to the secret society known as the Brotherhood of the Swordand 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 madnessagainst every principle by which she has lived her lifeso 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 hearthuntil 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 championthough his actions could cost him his honor, his heart. . . and his forbidden dream of happiness. As a young man, Stryder of Blackmoor was imprisoned in the Holy Land and once he regained his freedom, he resolved to live the rest of his life without any emotional ties except to his friends. His allegiance is solely for his king and for his fellow members of The Brotherhood of the Sword. The beautiful Rowena detests war and all who fight it-and would never allow a knight like Stryder of Blackmoor into her heart. But even the renowned Lady of Love needs a champion Title from e-book title screen (viewed on Feb. 21, 2006).