Beyond Desire

by Thea Devine

Kensington Publishing (Brava)

October 1, 2003

Available in: Paperback (reprint)

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Beyond Desire
by Thea Devine

BEYOND TEMPTATION...

Alexandra DeLisle believes Ryder Culhane may be the very devil because of his uncanny sixth sense, but if he holds the key to finding her abducted sister, she'd make a bargain with Lucifer himself. She'll do anything, from blackmailing him to submitting to his every intimate demand, and never count the cost...

BEYOND CONTROL...

They call him a pirate and a predator, but nothing in all his experience has prepared Ryder Culhane for the way the stubborn, stiff-necked, domineering Alexandra DeLisle invades his thoughts and clouds his mind with distracting, erotic images. She's the last thing he needs and the thing he most desires, and all she's done with her fool's bargain is put herself right where he wants her, in his hands and in his bed---and too close to the enemy who seeks to destroy them both...

BEYOND DESIRE...



Thea Devine's Bio

She’s the author whose books defined erotic historical romance. Romantic Times calls her “The Queen of Erotic Romance,” Affaire de Coeur: “… the divine mistress of sensual writing …” She’s Thea Devine (yes, it’s her real name), and she’s the author of 18 steamy historical romances (with three more to come), as well as contributing novellas to Kensington Books’ USA Today best-selling erotic historical romance anthologies, CAPTIVATED, FASCINATED, and TAKEN BY SURPRISE. She’s also written a handful of sexy contemporary romantic novellas for Kensington and Leisure Books, and she made her debut in full-length contemporary romance in 1999 with NIGHT MOVES, for Harlequin Temptation “Blaze”. She lives and works in Connecticut (and summers in Maine), but more to the point, she really lives that secret life readers sometimes think she does: for the past twenty years, she’s also been a professional manuscript reader. She was married to John and after 50 years of love and companionship, her husband passed away in December 2016, and has two grown sons, Michael and Thomas; and two sister felines, Charlotte and Emily Bronte Cat; and two dogs: mini-doxie Midgie, who recently joined the family; and the headstrong, stubborn and wilful black lab, Maggie, who has, Thea says, all the qualities of a good heroine.