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  The light from the full moon cast a pearl glow around the woman, strengthening his belief in her divine nature. But then she turned and a strand of hair the color of honey escaped the hood’s confines. Damon felt an urge to wind the curl around his finger and tugged at his bound wrists in frustration.

  The glare of the torch blocked out her features but Damon could feel her studying him. He grit his teeth, recalling another time inside a slave pen when prospective buyers had inspected an angry young boy in a similar manner. No use spending coin on defective merchandise. To be inspected in the same manner as cattle only fueled his humiliation.

  “He will do,” she said in that beguiling voice.

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  Copyright © 2012 By Joan Kayse

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  Release date: Nov 2012

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  Cover by Lyndsey Lewellen

  Table Of Contents

  Dedication

  Acknowledgements

  Prologue

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty One

  Chapter Twenty Two

  Chapter Twenty Three

  Chapter Twenty Four

  Chapter Twenty Five

  Chapter Twenty Six

  Chapter Twenty Seven

  Chapter Twenty Eight

  Chapter Twenty Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty One

  Author Bio

  Also By Joan Kayse

  Copyright

  Table of Contents

  Dedication

  Acknowledgements

  Prologue

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty One

  Chapter Twenty Two

  Chapter Twenty Three

  Chapter Twenty Four

  Chapter Twenty Five

  Chapter Twenty Six

  Chapter Twenty Seven

  Chapter Twenty Eight

  Chapter Twenty Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty One

  Author Bio

  Also By Joan Kayse The Patrician’s Fortune

  Copyright