Silken Captive — Julia Fitzgerald

When Lady Flavia's new bridegroom Prince Zebukar is murdered on their wedding night by a Greek freedom fighter called the Pagan, she begins to fear that this "beast" is now trying to capture her heart.

Only one man could ever claim her passion…

Lady Flavia was an English rose ready to wed Prince Zebukar, cousin to the Sultan of Turkey. Schooled in the perfumed arts of the harem, she blossomed, eager to surrender her exotic gifts. But on her wedding night, Flavia is prepared for an ecstasy that was not to be. Her betrothed was slain, and she was carried off by the lusty marauder they called the Pagan.

Only one woman could ever claim his soul…

To his people he was the heroic leader of the Greek freedom fighters, but to Flavia he was a beast who had destroyed her chance at happiness. And yet…when he gazed at her it was not with the look of the conqueror. As she resisted him she saw a tenderness, a yearning that touched her body and soul -- and lit a spark that grew into a flame of desire.