New York Times and USA Today best selling author Nina Bruhns is an avid world traveler and adventurer with two graduate degrees in archaeology -- all great fodder for her stories, giving them broad dimension, vivid settings and characters that are out of the ordinary. In addition to hitting both the NY Times and USA Today bestseller lists, her novels have earned two RITA nominations, and won numerous other awards, including three prestigious Daphne du Maurier Awards of Excellence for Overall Best Mystery Suspense Novel of the Year, five Dorothy Parker Awards, several RT BookClub Awards and a National Readers Choice Award.
A native of Canada, Nina grew up in California and currently resides in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina.
Winner of: 2004 Dorothy Parker Award 2004 Beacon Award 2004 Colorado Award of Excellence 2004 Lories Award
Top 2 Romantic Suspense of 2003, About.com Top Series Recommendation for March 2003 RIO, Reviewers International Organization
FBI agent Roman ‘Renegade’ Santangelo is a man bent on redemption. He has finally tracked down the love of his life, the woman he deserted 18 long years ago. He knows their bright future is impossible to recapture, but he’s determined to confront her…and beg forgiveness.
Archaeologist RaeAnne Martin is used to digging up the past. But there is no one on earth she wants to see less than Roman Santangelo — the man who was the reason she left her home, changed her name, and cut off all ties to the people she loved.
But when he roars back into her life on his beat-up Harley, looking like every woman’s bad-boy fantasy, resurrecting old secrets, unhealed hurts, and flaming passions, can she purge from her soul the memory of the only man she’s ever truly loved — and keep their heart-wrenching secrets from tearing her apart?
I really enjoyed the setting to both this book and Warriors Bride, which comes before it. The elements of culture which are drawn out throughout really inspire your knowledge and insight into the culture. The twists and turns in the story keep your mind stimulated and the end is definitely not what I expected it to be.