Blurb: Her heart belongs to an outlaw . Sean O'Neil was once everything to Eleanor de Warenne -- but since he disappeared from his ancestral home, there has been no word, and even Eleanor has abandoned hope, promising her hand to another.
Then, just days before her wedding, Sean reappears . . . but the boy who was once her protector is now a stranger, hardened by prison and on the run.
Weary and haunted, Sean is shocked to find that little Elle has become the beautiful, desirable Eleanor. Though he refuses to endanger her by pressing his claim, his resolve to stay away is sorely tested by the determination of a woman who will not be forsaken again. And when, in a moment's passion, Sean steals another man's bride, it is Eleanor who has the power to steal his heart .
I can't say I liked this book, mainly because I didn't care for Eleanor, she spends a large chunk of the book trying to get Sean to do what she wants, regardless of what he wants. Unlike the previous Joyce novel I read this heroine wasn't independent so much as extremely spoiled. She was determined to get her way no matter what she had to do or who she had to manipulate, at least that's how her actions came across to me. I liked Sean, who doesn't like a wounded hero? He was so emotionally damaged that the fact that he could be coherent with Elle throwing herself at him at every opportunity. His love for her and his battle with his inner demons is what keeps me from saying it was a bad story. I'll call this one an alright read and place it in the pass along pile.
--Missy
"You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive." Van Wilder
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