"Delightful paranormal romance"
The goal seems simple enough: rescuing her brother. Finding
anyone capable of aiding her in his enormous duchy like
pelazzo in the Alps is so formidable that everyone tells
Isabella Vernaducci to go home. She has heard tales about
the Don that strike fear in the hearts of the bravest
souls, yet aristocratic Isabella obstinately continues her
quest to find the enigmatic, more myth than man, Nicolai
DeMarco. When Isabella locates Nicolai (or perhaps it is more the
other way around), she does not see the Don who allegedly
controls the beasts to do his dirty work. Instead she sees
a man haunted by a curse that the intrepid Isabella is
determined to free Nicolai from it. When Nicolai offers to
save her sibling on the condition she marry him, Isabella
readily agrees as she knows she needs no stipulation to wed
the Don. Still as she risks her life to save her tortured
beloved, she wonders if she will ever gain his love even if
she eliminates the beast that holds his soul. More than just Christine Feehan fans will enjoy this
delightful paranormal romance as the rarely used early
nineteenth century Alps setting (almost Gothic in nature),
the intrepid heroine, and the tortured male protagonist
come together in exciting fashion. Though readers will
admire and question Isabella's bravery at the same time,
the audience will relish her efforts to emancipate the two
men she cherishes from their respective "incarcerations".
LAIR OF THE LION is a wonderful novel that readers will
appreciate if they set aside the time to luxuriate in a one
sitting read. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted September 5, 2002
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