Sworn to support King Edward, Sir Alex de Beaumont had to leave his new bride on their wedding night to fight in the Crusades. Captured and left to languise in a lonely prison, the warrior knight is kept alive by the memory of love -- and of Lady Katherine's innocent passion as she cried out his name in ecstasy and made him her own. Upon his escape and return to England, he is shocked to find his beloved is about to marry another man...
Kat refuses to forgive him. But Alex will not be gainsaid. He vows to seduce her all over again and his searching kisses reawaken the sensual fire they once knew--until an enemy determined to destroy them both closes in. Now Alex must risk everything for the one woman whose love he wants forever...
Angela Johnson graduated summa cum laude from Washburn University with a B. A. degree in History.
In September of 2008, she received and accepted an offer from Kensington Books for a two-book contract. She was thrilled. The Little Engine That Could ...just did.
Vow of Seduction is due out October 6, 2009. She's currently working on her second medieval romance. It's a stand-alone sequel to Vow of Seduction, and is tentatively titled Vow of Deception.
ISBN-13:978-1420108576
Publisher: Zebra
Release Date: Oct 6
Pages: 320
Retail Price: $4.99
Vow of Seduction - Angela Johnson
Excerpt
Standing beside King Edward, the cloaked stranger turned as Kat approached on Luc’s arm. Almost as tall as the king, the man removed the hood of his dirt-begrimed cloak. The first thing she noticed was his long, shaggy black hair and beard. He should have looked completely out of place among the richly garbed court. But his bearing was as proud, arrogant and unapologetic as the noblest noble. Then his penetrating gaze locked on hers.
Kat froze in disbelief, while her blood slowed and thickened as though time reversed. Her gaze was snared by the blue, blue eyes of a dead man. But a fierce inner light glowing within them belied this state. Blazing heat speared her core.
“Alex,” she breathed. She would recognize his distinctive eyes anywhere, no matter how different he looked, for she had dreamed of those eyes for six long years. Suddenly, her heart jolted with joy—Alex was alive! He had not died in the attack four years ago while on Crusade.
Vaguely, she realized Luc went rigid beside her. Alex shifted his gaze to Luc, glowering at his arm around her shoulders. Alex took a threatening step forward, his voice chill. “Unhand my wife, Sir Luc. Now.”
Kat stiffened at Alex’s command, the full implications of his return registering at last. Alex was alive. She was no longer a widow, apparently had never been one, and she could not marry Sir Luc. Her euphoria plummeted as quickly as it came upon her.
Praise
"Outstanding!"
- Susan Johnson, Bestselling Romance Author