num_pages: 488
description: Dangerous and dashing assassin Allegreto wants to regain his rightful place in the rich Italian principality of Monteverde. Happily, the means to do so is Lady Elena, long-lost Monteverde princess and sole heir to the kingdom. Though she is promised to his rival, Allegreto seizes her ship, takes Elena prisoner, and weds her, thus beginning their battle of wits and passion.
language: English
title: Shadowheart
titlecomplete: Shadowheart (Medieval Hearts, #2)
characters: Allegreto, Elena Kyler
genres: Fiction, Historical, Romance, Adult, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, BDSM, Medieval Romance, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1869
series: Medieval Hearts
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll
category: Best Medieval/Renaissance Romance & Most Tortured Hero & Honorable Mention for Most Luscious Love Story, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: RITA Award by Romance Writers of America
category: Best Long Historical Romance
publisher: Berkley Trade