prisoner of my desire by johanna lindsey

Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride, in 1977 'on a whim'.

After her husband's death, Lindsey moved to Maine and did not remarry. The marriage continued, the couple residing in Hawaii and producing three children Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who have made her a grandmother. In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Bruce Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. That year, her family moved to Hawaii, likely to honor his wish.

Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii, but he died in 1964. The Howard family moved about a great deal when she was young due to her father's military career. Army, stationed in West Germany, where she was born. Her father was Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. Her mother was Wanda Donaldson Howard, a personnel management specialist. Johanna Helen Howard was born on March 10, 1952, in Frankfurt, West Germany. All of her books reached the New York Times bestseller list, many reaching No. 1. (Dec.Johanna Helen Lindsey (née Howard, Ma– October 27, 2019) was an American writer of historical romance novels. But will their newfound love be enough to overcome Gilbert's vengeful wrath? Rowena and Gilbert are splendid protagonists, humorously stubborn and pleasingly forthright. Rowena, accustomed to men using her for their own gain, is astonished that Warrick truly cares about her. Warrick, always feared by the fairer sex, is intrigued by Rowena, who is not afraid of him. Despite their passionate hatred of one another, a fervor smolders between them, igniting passion of another kind. Rowena is captured and taken to the Fulkhurst dungeon, where Lord Warrick de Chaville cruelly strips Rowena of her title and forces her to become his serf. Soon after, Kirkburough is attacked by Gilbert's nemesis Lord Fulkhurst. Ashamed at the mistreatment of the man and knowing that Gilbert plans to kill him, Rowena helps him escape.

For three nights, Rowena lies with a handsome stranger kidnapped by Gilbert's men. Before the marriage can be consummated, Lyons dies and Rowena celebrates her good fortune, until Gilbert arrives with a new plot-Rowena must become pregnant before Lyons's death is announced. Rowena at first refuses, but Gilbert threatens to kill Rowena's mother if she does not comply. Her evil stepbrother, Gilbert d'Ambray, desires control over as much English land as possible and has pledged Rowena's hand to Lyons of Kirkburough-a man so near death he is a walking corpse. The year is 1152 and, as a woman, Lady Rowena Belleme has no rights. Lindsey, the author of nearly 40 romance novels, is back with a vintage cloth edition of this book (originally published in 1991), which proves that a well-written romance novel never goes out of style.

Prisoner of my desire by johanna lindsey