Dark Rival
by Brenda Joyce

Highland warriors sworn to protect Innocence through the ages....

A golden man, he is called Black Royce---a battle hardened soldier of the gods. His vows are his life---until he is sent to New York City to protect a Healer from those who would use her powers for themselves. The moment Royce sees beautiful, feisty Allie Monroe, he knows she will be his only weakness---and he is right.

Destiny is a dangerous thing.

Allie Monroe is more than an heiress. She is a Healer, willing to do anything to save victims of the evil that lurks in the city at night. But alone, she can do only so much---until destiny sends her the darkest Highlander of them all. Then evil strikes and Royce is destroyed before Allie's eyes. Now Allie will do anything to save Royce---even if it means going back in time to a dark, dangerous world to be with him. And confronting their enemies could cost not only their lives, but also their love---for all eternity.

Brenda Joyce's Bio

Brenda Joyce is the bestselling author of fourty-four novels and five novellas. She has won many awards, and her debut novel, Innocent Fire, won a Best Western Romance award. She has also won the highly coveted Best Historical Romance award for Splendor and Two Lifetime Achievement Awards from Romantic Times BOOKreviews. There are over 14 million copies of her novels in print and she is published in over a dozen foreign countries.

A native New Yorker, she now lives in southern Arizona with her son, dogs, and her Arabian and half-Arabian reining horses. Brenda divides her time between her twin passions—writing powerful love stories and competing with her horses at regional and national levels. For more information about Brenda and her upcoming novels, please visit her.

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