Title: The Shadow and the Star
First published: 1992
Description: From nationally acclaimed bestselling author Laura Kinsale comes a boldly original, breathlessly unforgettable tale of honour, adventure and undying love. The Shadow is wealthy, powerful and majestically handsome, he is a man of dark secrets - a master of the ancient martial arts of an exotic distant land. Scarred by a childhood of shocking degradation, he has sworn to love chastely ... but burns with the fires of unfulfilled passion.The Star is lovely, innocent and nearly destitute, and drawn to him by a fevered yearning she could never deny - following her enigmatic 'shadow warrior' into a dangerous world of desire and righteous retribution.
Subjects: Fiction, Social life and customs, Historical Fiction, Romance, Large type books, Fiction, romance, historical, general
Places: England
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PS3561.I573 S5 1992