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Mirelle Hartman has split with her two-timing boyfriend. Instead of the brave knight, he turns out to be the croaking frog. The only place her fairy tale hero seems to be is in her dreams.
Enter "Prince Charming" - Jareth setMorath, Royal Mage from the magical world of Hearthome. Jareth is handsome, virile, commanding. But he is also dying.
What Mirelle doesn't know is that, is that she's actually a treasured Princess of Hearthome. On Hearthome, "lanbeth" – a powerful rainbow dust that enhances and increases magic – is created when a princess and a royal mage mate. Since, there are few princesses left, lanbeth is a rare commodity, and as such Mirelle is highly valued. Especially by Jareth, for she is his soulmate. And he must make love with her to go on living.
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Princess Rayne has spent her life trying to be the son her father lost, but her feisty, independent, feminine spirit yearns for a different life. A life with the passionate Prince Pentar, but he hardly seems to notice her. So when she's offered a chance to save her world, she agrees, and who should be drafted as her partner in the quest but the impossibly unattainable Pentar.
Prince Pentar reluctantly accepts his participation in Rayne's mission. It's not that he's not patriotic. He is, and he knows his duty. No, it's Rayne. His spell-casting won't reveal his soulmate, he's getting restless—not to mention lonely--and now he has to spend his time in the company of a woman he wants so bad he hurts, but she won't so much as look at him.
A quest for a magical artifact, villains out to destroy them, an entire world hanging in the balance ... In the crucible of magic and peril, secret desires become an Amber Inferno of passion
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When Sleeping Beauty awakens, so do her passions ...
Princess Talea of Mariess, has lived in seclusion for the past ten years, hiding a secret that if known, could be her death warrant. Forced to return to court life after her dissolute father's demise, she is ill-prepared to face possible exposure of her secret and to see her childhood crush, Prince Loran, when he arrives to search for the Book of Tocson.
Prince Loran of Tarnwite, the youngest of three brothers, has resigned himself to a life of study and loneliness. He has no mage powers and no kingdom to inherit. When asked to go to Mariess and search for the final portion of the Book of Tocson, he reluctantly agrees. His memories of Tally as a little tag-along tomboy are shattered when he meets the exquisite, mysterious beauty she has become. He enlists her aid in the search for the Book and tries to tamp down his feelings for her.
When Loran learns of Tally's secret, he vows to keep her safe from harm, even as they race to gain possession of the Book.
But can he keep her safe from his own desires?
