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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML: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.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 show more 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. Confronting their enemies could cost not only their lives, but their love—for all eternity. show less
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Black Royce was a fledgling Master new to his powers, when he watched his wife suffer at the hands of the formidably evil Kael. For centuries he travels back to this horrible time and place reliving the pain and immense grief, silently wishing that he could change the past. It was while he was on one of these journeys that he suddenly hears a woman's voice begging and pleading with him to find her. It is the year 2007... I really enjoy this new Masters of Time series. Picked up the last of the series while on vacation, and read it in a day! This is a fun quick read,
This book was the second one in the Masters of Time series and I liked it better than the first one. I loved Royce, again sexy, alpha-male highland warrior (what's not to love). He is so tortured (love this kind of hero) and the sex scenes are hot, hot, hot. The heroine Allie was a bit annoying and a little too pushy in this novel. Otherwise looking forward to book 3.
Really?! I got to page 187 and felt like vomiting. For 187 pages Allie throws herself at Royce insisting that he be in love with her. It made me sick to my stomach that a woman would lower herself to do such a thing. My ass would have said, "See Ya." and headed back to my own time via Mr. Hottie Aiden. I've put the book down for now. Maybe after the nausea abates I'll consider revisiting it. I think the idea of the story is good but the execution Seriously Sucks.
Better than the first one
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New York Times bestselling romance novelist Brenda Joyce has won a number of awards for her work, including a Best Western Romance award for her debut novel, a Best Historical Romance award, and two lifetime achievement awards from Romantic Times BOOKreviews. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Dark Rival
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- 2007-10
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- Allie Monroe; Royce
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- New York, New York, USA
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- Today he would die. He did not care, even though he was but three and twenty. For he would not die alone.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And he simply laughed at her before going out into the light of a new Highland day in their time.
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