Dark Heart

A simple, unassuming existence was all he had, and all he ever desired. His intention was to live each day in a succession of contended sameness, until time or he expired. Though a bachelor fisherman, Liam was not lonely, nor was he seeking adventure, but the sea would bring him both excitement and intrusion in the form of a creature only spoken of in legend. A creature whose presence casts a foreboding shadow on the quiet life he intends. -x- The sea is her playground, and men merely toys. All she has known of them is weakness and disaster; lesser beings to prey upon at whim. They easily succumb to her song and her form, for there are no defences in the realm of men to thwart one such as she. When a dark-hearted pirate decides she is the prey, Rivanna must question the very nature of her existence, and the impossibility of him; a man who can withstand her alluring enchantments. For she is a siren, a seaborn, a survivor. His duty is bound to his prince, his heart to his home. For Captain Ashford of the Gondolene Navy, the path has always been clear, his actions irreproachable. When the rescue of a foreign princess raises risks and misgivings by the spades, he must reassess where his heart truly lies, and how strong his sense of duty is when weighed against the stirrings of his desire. Duty and heart are both put to the test when he discovers his charge is not quite what she seems.