Rumour says the powerful Nicolai De Marco can command the heavens that the beasts below do his bidding.. .and that he is doomed to destroy the woman he takes as wife. It is whispered hes not wholly human
- as untamed as his tawny mane & slashing amber eyes. Impoverished aristocrat Isabella Vernaducci would defy death itself to rescue her imprisoned brother. Shell even brave the haunted accursed lair of the lion
- the menacing palace of legendary lethal Don Nicolai De Marco. Then Isabella meets a man whose growl is velvet purring heat & whose eyes hold dark all-consuming desire. & when the don commands her to become his bride she goes willingly into his muscled arms praying shell save his tortured soul.. .and not sacrifice her life.