Fire Dance

A mysterious castle.A deadly gift.A missing, unwilling bride.And a Norman knight determined to conquer all.Ordered by his King to carry out a cryptic commandkill a wicked sorcerer lord, seize his castle, and take his daughter as a wifeAlain de Crency expects a fierce battle. Instead he discovers a defenseless castle, the daughter missing, and the sorcerer dead, shrouded in a magnificent purple cloak. With no knowledge of the evil lurking within it, Alain takes the cloak as his own before investigating the whereabouts of his supposed betrothed.Upon Alains arrival, Melisande, the sorcerers daughter who begrudgingly learned her fathers sinister trade, hides in plain sight as a servant. But Alain suspects this beautiful blonde knows more than she claims, and he resolves to uncover the truthif he can resist his burning desire for her.Soon Melisande realizes her fathers infernal magic reaches beyond the graveand that only Alain can save her people from the menacing evil. But with Alains new cloak dyed in poison, can Melisande save her peoples savior without revealing her dark secrets to the man whos captured her heart?