Lost Love Found Author:Bertrice Small First Edition: — Valentina, a tender rose yearning to be plucked, she had been admired, married, widowed -- yet had never known love...not even at the illustrious Court of Queen Elizabeth, where her innocent violet-eyed beauty fired the hearts of England's most gallant gentry, especially the roguish Earl of Kempe, and the irrepressible Lord Padra... more »ic Burke, also of the passionate O'Malley lineage.
But her innocence shattered when a deathbed confession revealed her true father might have been not Lord Bliss but the lustful Sultan Murad of Istanbul--or even Prince Javid Khan. Determined to find the truth, Valentina sets sail for the East, a voyage of unsurpassed danger...and erotic discovery.
Abducted on the streets of Istanbul by the love-crazed Grand Vizier Cicalazade Pasha, installed in his harem, subjected to his lascivious excesses, Valentina defies in spirit what her flesh cannot resist: for her heart craves only one man, a man she believes has vanished forever....« less
Bertrice Small writes some of the very best romance novels I have ever had the privilege to read. Love, lust, adventure...everything you could ever wish for in a romance novel.