num_pages: 266
description: Bestselling author Ashlyn Macnamara hailed by Jennifer McQuiston as a born storyteller introduces the strapping audacious outlaws of the Bastard Brotherhood in this enchanting tale of forbidden love between supposedly sworn enemies. Though she is intended for the king Calista Thorne picks up a crossbow to defend her ancestral home Blackbriar Keep from a gang of landless knights. She even manages to sink a poison-tipped arrow into their commander who survives long enough to conquer the Keep and claim Calista for his own. Now with her fathers life at stake Calista must nurse the brigand back to health and the strangest thing happens: She finds herself fascinated by his tautly muscled body and enthralled by his hotly whispered demands. Ever since his fathers death the fearsome warrior they call Torch has been consumed by his quest for revenge. Taking Blackbriar Keep is the first step in that plan andby the three godsit wont be the last. But after taking one look into Calistas smoldering gray eyes Torch discovers a passion nobler than retribution. He will fulfill his destiny and take her from the usurper king even in his weakened state. For with Calistas love no man has ever felt more powerful. 
language: English
title: Destined for a King
publisher: Loveswept