Darvk, a
Daamen trading Captain, never realized how his life would change or how he would end up
chasing the one woman who he would wish to make his own when, in an act of compassion he
purchases Tenia, a Reeka Warrior Woman from a man who wants to sell her to the highest
bidder. Tenia proves to be almost more than
Darvk and his Daamen crew can handle when she wields her sword and battles them at every
turn. Tenia is a fearless and ferocious woman
who has been hunted for years, beaten and ultimately wanted dead or alive. The more Darvk tries to protect Tenia, the more
she fights him. But with everything
she’s been through, who can she really trust?
The Reeka
Warrior Women have been classed as Outlaws. It
has been said that they killed the men in their families and will kill any man that
crosses them. They have all been hunted
mercilessly but the more Darvk learns about Tenia and what happened years ago when she was
a child, resulting in the deaths of the men in her family, the more Darvk questions what
really happened.
On a mission
to learn the truth and to protect Tenia from danger, Darvk sets out to prove the innocence
of the Reeka Warrior Women and to claim the woman he loves. It is a treacherous and volatile journey for
Darvk, his crew, Tenia and her Reeka sisters as they fight for their lives, for the truth
and for love.
Are the
Reeka Warrior Women innocent? What really
happened to the men in their families? Can
the heart of an outlaw find love?
From the
very beginning readers are thrust into excitement and danger in the HEART OF AN OUTLAW by
Angela Verdenius. I instantly found myself
caring for Tenia and in lust with Darvk and his fellow Daamen traders.
Angela
Verdenius sweeps readers away with captivating characters who make us laugh like crazy
with their sassy and witty dialogue and even have us shedding a tear or two from the pain
that they have endured. The Reeka Warrior Women are tough, kick butt women who, underneath
it all, have hearts of gold. They were thrust
into lives of swords, battles and misery at young ages and have had to kill many times
over just to survive. But why should Tenia
trust the Daamen traders? The Reeka Warrior
Women don’t trust men, but Darvk brings out a side to Tenia that she never knew she
and for the first time in years, she feels the urge to lean on someone else. Ms. Verdenius enthralls and captures readers when
they read the first of this series with HEART OF AN OUTLAW. With battles,
bounty-hunters, soldiers, Outlaw planets and treachery at every corner,
along with passion, readers are on the edge of their seats and eager to see what happens
next. Readers are left thinking about this
story and the characters long after the last page is read.
Angela
Verdenius is an author that I am definitely adding to my auto-buy list. Her imagination, creativity and the passion that
comes through her words kept me captivated and wishing the story didn’t have to end.
Book 2 of
this Heart and Souls series is SOUL OF A MERCENARY, released May 2003 and in August
2003 is book 3, HEART OF THE BETRAYED from Wings ePress, Inc.
Reviewed by
Tracey West for The Road to Romance
August 2,
2003 |
