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Scandalous Heroines #2
Empire of the Heart
In a Land of Great Beauty and Intrigue, Their Fates Were Forever Entwined...
LUCINDA
was beautiful and free-spirited, an English lady ruled by her passions - yet innocent in the ways of love.
RASHID
was dark and mysterious, an Indian trader who lived by his courage and wits in a world fraught with danger.
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Crossing the merciless desert sands of Afghanistan, Lucky was kidnapped and enslaved by the brutal khan. Escape was impossible. And yet, the handsome stranger Rashid dared to rescue her - breaking the chains of captivity and sweeping her away to the dazzling, exotic land of India. There, he unleashed a fiery passion in her heart, a deep, insistent desire that blazed like the Indian sun. Then, as quickly as he had entered her life, Rashid vanished with a trace....
Lucy returned to England, vowing to forget him. But then she met her sister's fiance, Lord Edward. And something sparkling in his dark, sensuous eyes stirred her deepest passion...her memories of Rashid. Were they, in fact, the same man?
LUCINDA
was beautiful and free-spirited, an English lady ruled by her passions - yet innocent in the ways of love.
RASHID
was dark and mysterious, an Indian trader who lived by his courage and wits in a world fraught with danger.
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Crossing the merciless desert sands of Afghanistan, Lucky was kidnapped and enslaved by the brutal khan. Escape was impossible. And yet, the handsome stranger Rashid dared to rescue her - breaking the chains of captivity and sweeping her away to the dazzling, exotic land of India. There, he unleashed a fiery passion in her heart, a deep, insistent desire that blazed like the Indian sun. Then, as quickly as he had entered her life, Rashid vanished with a trace....
Lucy returned to England, vowing to forget him. But then she met her sister's fiance, Lord Edward. And something sparkling in his dark, sensuous eyes stirred her deepest passion...her memories of Rashid. Were they, in fact, the same man?
- GenresHistorical
352 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1989
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About the author
Jasmine Cresswell
115 books54 followersBorn in England, Jasmine Cresswell now divides her time between her winter home in Sarasota, Florida and her summer home in Evergreen, Colorado. Jasmine has been writing since 1975 and has published over 50 novels, with 9 million copies of her books in print.
Jasmine served for two years as the editor of the Romance Writer's Report. She also served as president of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is a founder and former president of Novelists, Inc. She received the Colorado Authors' League Award for Best Paperback Novel of the Year and the Romance Writers of America Golden Rose Award. Her books also have received numerous Romantic Times certificates of excellence.
Experienced as a public speaker, Jasmine has conducted college seminars and addressed many writers' conferences. Interviews and profiles have appeared in newspapers throughout the country, and Jasmine considers herself a veteran of talk shows and news broadcasts.
Married to Malcolm Candlish, whom she met while she was working for the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Jasmine and her husband have lived all over the world. She has a Bachelor's Degree with a double major in history and philosophy from Melbourne University, a second degree in history from Macquarie University, as well as a Masters Degree in history and archival administration from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.
Jasmine served for two years as the editor of the Romance Writer's Report. She also served as president of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is a founder and former president of Novelists, Inc. She received the Colorado Authors' League Award for Best Paperback Novel of the Year and the Romance Writers of America Golden Rose Award. Her books also have received numerous Romantic Times certificates of excellence.
Experienced as a public speaker, Jasmine has conducted college seminars and addressed many writers' conferences. Interviews and profiles have appeared in newspapers throughout the country, and Jasmine considers herself a veteran of talk shows and news broadcasts.
Married to Malcolm Candlish, whom she met while she was working for the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Jasmine and her husband have lived all over the world. She has a Bachelor's Degree with a double major in history and philosophy from Melbourne University, a second degree in history from Macquarie University, as well as a Masters Degree in history and archival administration from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.
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April 5, 2013
synopsis:
lucy is traveling with her father in afghanistan when they are ambushed. her father is killed, and lucy is captured by the khan and imprisoned. several years later, an indian trader by the name of rashid comes to the remote village, and agrees to take lucy with him. neither are meant to live, so after they escape, they travel through the treacherous mountains into india. once lucy is on her way to london to be reunited with her stepmother and stepsister, she vows to forget rashid. however, when she gets to london, something about her sister's love interest, edward, reminds her forcibly of rashid. once lucy determines that they are, indeed, the same person, they get married, and head back to india, because edward has one last spy mission to perform.
what i liked: i liked both edward and lucy. the fact that edward couldn't keep his secret from lucy, and that once the secret was out, he wanted to marry her was refreshing. then, when he was being sent on his last mission, he couldn't say no to lucy, that was unusual, too. i liked the fact that lucy was so resilient, and didn't hold other people's opinions against them.
what i didn't like: for such a smart heroine, lucy had a couple of tstl moments. they felt out of place.
lucy is traveling with her father in afghanistan when they are ambushed. her father is killed, and lucy is captured by the khan and imprisoned. several years later, an indian trader by the name of rashid comes to the remote village, and agrees to take lucy with him. neither are meant to live, so after they escape, they travel through the treacherous mountains into india. once lucy is on her way to london to be reunited with her stepmother and stepsister, she vows to forget rashid. however, when she gets to london, something about her sister's love interest, edward, reminds her forcibly of rashid. once lucy determines that they are, indeed, the same person, they get married, and head back to india, because edward has one last spy mission to perform.
what i liked: i liked both edward and lucy. the fact that edward couldn't keep his secret from lucy, and that once the secret was out, he wanted to marry her was refreshing. then, when he was being sent on his last mission, he couldn't say no to lucy, that was unusual, too. i liked the fact that lucy was so resilient, and didn't hold other people's opinions against them.
what i didn't like: for such a smart heroine, lucy had a couple of tstl moments. they felt out of place.
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