The book that launched Avon’s Romantic Treasures line, winner of RT’s K.I.S.S. Award, and a HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF THE YEAR Nominee.
To end a bitter feud, Dominique Beauchamp agrees to marry the lord of Drakewich. But when she rides through its gates, she never expects the stir of desire that seizes her heart—not for her betrothed, but for his brother, the notorious Black Dragon.
Blaec d’Lucy has vowed loyalty to his brother above all else. From the moment he sees Dominique, he mistrusts her beauty as a weapon of deceit. Yet every glance lingers too long, every touch burns too deep, until resisting her becomes its own kind of torment.
Their love is forbidden, their passion dangerous. Yet in the shadows of war and betrayal, Blaec and Dominique are powerless to deny the fire that binds them—sealed forever once upon a kiss.
New York Times bestselling author Tanya Anne Crosby is a five-time nominee for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. She is best known for stories charged with emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters. Tanya has written for Kensington Publishing, Harlequin, and Avon Books/Harper Collins, where her fifth book Once Upon a Kiss launched the Avon Romantic Treasures line. She lives with her husband, two very spoiled labs and two ex-stray cats in northern Michigan and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. Her favorite color is green. She once tried to change her name to Anne (in the third grade) and has a dual citizenship (U.S. and Spain), which she fully intends to put to good use now that the kids are grown and have their own cars.