There's poison and plotting, dangerous rescues and escapes, sex during lightning storms on castle rooftops (I KNOW RIGHT), and incredibly good banter. And Simon, the wizard, in turn, is intrigued by her bravery and her depth and her stalwart nature.

Like everyone else, she fears him, but he kind of intrigues her, too. Now, marriage is starting to look like an advantageous way for her ambitious brother, Richard, to gain power, so he lets his wizard have his pick of the sisters. The heroine, Alys, is the lord's half-sister, and she's been shut in with her sister, Claire, in a convent. He's basically one part Jareth from Labyrinth, two parts Mozenrath from Aladdin, and if that doesn't get your fangirl heart singing, I don't know what will. It's set during medieval times and the hero is an adviser to an arrogant noble named Richard de Lancie and presumed by everyone to be an evil wizard who has sold his soul- and his hand- for magic. She's perfected the recipe of writing dangerous men who are still fun to root for, which is why I seek her books out like an addict. Anne Stuart is one of the few traditionally published authors I know of who excels at writing morally ambiguous heroes. I adore books about villainous heroes (which you probably know, given that I write them), and in between penning my own I am constantly on the look out for new ways to get my fix. Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || Pinterest When she’s not traveling, she’s at home in Northern Vermont with her luscious husband of thirty-six years, an empty nest, three cats, four sewing machines, and one Springer Spaniel, and when she’s not working she’s watching movies, listening to rock and roll (preferably Japanese) and spending far too much time quilting.Īnne Stuart also writes as Kristina Douglas. Her general outrageousness has gotten her on Entertainment Tonight, as well as in Vogue, People, USA Today, Women’s Day and countless other national newspapers and magazines.

She’s won numerous awards, appeared on most bestseller lists, and speaks all over the country. Martins Press, Berkley, Dell, Pocket Books and Fawcett. Since then she's written more gothics, regencies, romantic suspense, romantic adventure, series romance, suspense, historical romance, paranormal and mainstream contemporary romance for publishers such as Doubleday, Harlequin, Silhouette, Avon, Zebra, St. Her first novel was Barrett's Hill, a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974 when Anne had just turned 25. Anne Stuart is a grandmaster of the genre, winner of Romance Writers of America's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, survivor of more than thirty-five years in the romance business, and still just keeps getting better.

To Love a Dark Lord by Anne Stuart