"The words of the sachet's promise came back to her. 'Thou pretty herb of Venus's tree, thy true name is Yarrow. Now who my brave, true love must be, pray tell thou me tomorrow.'" She'd asked for love but received a vision of terror and looming death. So begins the harrowing tale of Catheryn as she senses her nearing love and nemesis, de Reveur. How could he be both? How could he be the rescuer who will save her from the sadistic de Brye and the Baron Pike?

Brezden Keep has undergone too many assaults in the lifetime of this heroine. Catheryn is the leader of the remaining citizens. Hounded by the guilt over her mother's untimely and ghastly death, she needs to be strong. She is anything but against the daunting, psychotic de Brye, a man who thrives on torture, sex and death. His henchman, the Baron, has his own perverted preferences as well. Now they will all meet one who carries his own personal nightmare in a lost wife.

Can de Reveur master the swelling emotions he feels upon meeting Catheryn? Which ones will he master? - the overwhelming physical attraction? the fear of treachery? the explosive anger at headstrong, fierce independence? the awakening of obsessive thoughts that threaten his lust for revenge? the fear for a woman's safety? the rage at one who will tell him nothing he desperately needs to know? the inability to capture the prey, so near yet so far?

A. K. Lynn is a master of a taut, fluid plot that compulsively spins the reader through this searing tale. Credible characters whirl through the dreamlike evolution of a flaming relationship that may flower or wither at a moment's notice, again and yet again. Added to this suspense is a larger, brooding war between those determined to hold a royal throne and those who see the lords and ladies entwined in this maddening puzzle as nothing but playthings, or disposable pieces in an endless power game.

This author knows not only the larger scenes of passion and terror, and oh, how she excels at both, leaving you on edge in more ways than one, but also knows the mental and emotional machinations that keep this world swirling and whirling to its dramatic ending.

Get ready to put aside those waiting chores as you will find yourself riveted to the tale of the Dream Knight!!! You may not want this heroine's initial dream, but you will definitely crave the devouring love that ensues and grows despite formidable barriers!