Johansen has won almost every major bookseller and reviewer award, and continues to demonstrate excellence in Lion's Bride, the spellbinding story of a runaway slave who finds safety--and passion--in the arms of a renegade warrior. But the passion may turn fatal when the warrior's enemies try to use the slave to destroy him.
A sizzling novel of passion, peril, and searing sensuality from "a master among master storytellers" (Affaire de Coeur)--a magical weaver of spellbinding tales, enticing characters, and unforgettable romance.

The darkly handsome warrior found her in the hot desert night, the last survivor of a caravan devastated by a brutal attack. But Thea could hardly have found a less likely savior. Brooding and powerful, the infamous Lord Ware felt no need to rescue a total stranger, but Thea's striking beauty and fighting spirit moved him. So the knight in tarnished armor carried her away to his secret stronghold at Dundragon, where she would become his prisoner, his tormentor, his lover . . . and the one weapon his deadly enemy could use to destroy him.