Fires of Destiny

Love endures, even in the face of danger and death.

As a child, Alexandra Douglas adored her older, wilder friend Roger Trevor, a troubled lad who turned his back on his family. Ten years as a sellsword and pirate have transformed Roger into a darkly handsome but enigmatic stranger. His return to his father's castle ignites a passionate uproar in the bookish and otherwise sensible Alix.

Surprised by his unlikely desire for his childhood friend, Roger is determined to encase his heart in ice. Haunted by his past and trapped in a lethal web of intrigue, he fears entangling Alix in a mysterious plot that could doom them both.

But destiny has set them on colliding paths, and Roger can no more resist the fire in Alix than she can turn away from his increasingly ardent touch.

New, revised edition of a classic, award-winning romance

When the original version was published in 1986, Linda Barlow received the Romantic Times award as New Historical Romance Author of the Year. Fires of Destiny was also a finalist for the Rita Award from Romance Writers of America.

This special new edition has been revised and edited by the author, but her beloved characters and their sensuous, suspenseful adventures remain the same.

Author Bio

Linda Barlow is the author of 15 novels, with more on the way. She lives in New England with her mysterious spouse (who sleeps during the day, which has often made her wonder if he's a vampire) and their equally enigmatic and nocturnal cat.

Linda has written in various genres, including family sagas, historical and contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction. Publishers have included Doubleday, Dell, Penguin, Warner Books, Hachette, New American Library/Signet, Berkley/Putnam, Silhouette and Harlequin.

She's proud to have earned a few awards over the years, including the Rita from Romance Writers of America for Leaves of Fortune; Best new historical novelist of the year from Romantic Times for Fires of Destiny; and a Career Achievement award from Romantic Times for her contemporary novels.

Most of Linda's novels have been out of print for a few years, but she is in the processing of re-writing and reissuing them in e-book and print formats. The new edition of her historical romance, Fires of Destiny, is available now.

Fires of Destiny will be followed in a few months by Her Sister's Keeper, which is about the same family, several generations later.

Coming very soon is a series of sexy contemporary novels, entitled Blazing Nights (coming in September 2013), Wicked Nights, Silken Nights, and Forever Nights. The name of the series is Night Games, and it's about a group of college friends who still hang out, staying in touch frequently via an online computer game that one of them created.