BLADE LOMBARD: WARRIOR
Blade’s Lady by Fiona Brand (Silhouette Intimate Moments, 2000)
Ever since he was sixteen, Blade Lombard has been haunted by the presence of a girl, then a woman, in his dreams. She was not just a voice in his head, but someone real to him. Someone he worried about. When he turns thirty, even though he has not yet met her, she becomes someone he loves and lusts after. One night, he dreams of her in danger and sees a sign to a store he’s never seen before. It turns out the store is real and so is Anna Tarrant.
STATS:
Former military. Hates to lose control. Loves women–”plural”–”but he had never needed any of his sexual partners beyond the act.”
THE LOOK:
“[L]ong hair, black as midnight satin; fierce, dark eyes; the strong chiseled planes and angles of a face that was both grimly handsome and exotically sensual.”
LEADING LADY:
Anna Tarrant is stunned when she wakes, injured, in a ditch only to encounter her dream “knight” whom she doesn’t trust because she can’t trust anyone. She’s on the run, working as a waitress for a jerk who won’t even pay her the money she’s owed, and she can’t count on anyone but herself. However, even though she tries, she can’t escape Blade–her hazy knight has become a powerful force who refuses to let her go.
Forceful Patience:
Blade is intense. Sexy and sexual. Fiercely. When he finds out who Anna is and that she’s in mortal danger, he brings her home. And Anna instantly sees the truth: “His dark gaze was flat with certainty, and for good reason. He was going to have her naked beneath him tonight, and they both knew it.”
BOTTOM LINE:
I LOVE Fiona Brand, in particular her older Intimate Moments. She reminds me a lot of Linda Howard. Blade’s Lady is all about yearning for something that’s just out of reach and then having the courage to grab it when it gets close. Blade is dark and dangerous, but never cruel. He’s a good guy through and through.
QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Have you ever encountered a situation that represented a dream opportunity but you were initially too scared to act on it? Were you ultimately able to overcome your fear?
April 10th, 2008
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April 10th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Hmmm…I’m thinking about that question. My first inclination is to say no, because I’m pretty action oriented. If I see an opportunity, I grab it and run. But then I can also be pretty chicken sometimes, so I’m sure there’s got to be something that I was just too scared to do.
Either way, I’m so glad you talked about this book. I’ve never read it, nor anything else by the author, but it sounds yummy. So I’m going to pick it up. I just finished reading a Linda Howard book (After the Night), and it’s the first book hero I’ve fallen in love with since I read the Black Dagger books a few months ago. I need more heros like that
April 10th, 2008 at 9:39 am
I’m not sure about dreams. I’ve had strong feelings, some times over whelming feelings about things and people. Its like the hackles go up, and I see danger or something, that tells me to act. Its hard to put it into words. Its like knowing someone is standing right behind you, when seconds before no one was there.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Lone–I loved After The Night. Gray is hot, and Faith a beautiful character. I also loved (I pretty much love all of LH’s books) Shades of Twilight! Fiona Brand also writes single title now. I’ve read a few and they are good, but I think her series IM are the best.
Lee–I have the same feelings. I’ve always thought I was overreacting or letting my criminal law background make me paranoid. Once time, I was in the food court at the mall, and this kid walked in wearing a long black trenchcoat. I had this overwhelming feeling he was carrying a gun and going to shoot everyone. I left and sat outside and nothing happened. So he probably wasn’t–but maybe there was something dark about him my brain was picking up on.