Royal Ransom
#696 "Crown Affair Book 2"
Harlequin (Intrigue)
Mystery: Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance: Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance: Category Romance
November 1, 2002
ISBN-13: 0373226861
Available in: Paperback
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Royal Ransom
by Susan Kearney
Nothing would stop Nicholas Zared from taking his rightful place as King of Vasmira. Not a bloodthirsty assassin—nor American spitfire Erica Allen. Without the fiery beauty's acceptance of their long arranged marriage, Nicholas would be denied the crown. But it wasn't duty alone that bound him to Ericka, not with desire blazing between them and the discovery that she might be the killer's real target...
Ericka tried to resist the handsome prince's skilled seduction, but their close brushes with death only intensified the passion flaring between them. Would her consent to be his queen cost her her heart—and her life...?
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Susan Kearney's Bio
Susan Kearney used to light herself on fire four times a day. Now she does something really hot — she writes romantic suspense for Harlequin Intrigue.
While she hasn't performed her signature "fire" dive from a 10-meter platform in years, she started diving at age 10. By age 12, she'd won the New Jersey State Championship, and by college, she was a three-time All-American Diver.
While attending the University of Michigan, she earned a business degree that led to her diverse careers as, variously, a partner in a barter business, a real estate appraiser, a mover and renovator of houses, and a once- owner of three hair salons. Finally, in 1995, she sold her first book and became a full-time writer. She's currently plotting her way through her 30th novel.
Of all her careers, her favorite is wife and mother. She married her teenage sweetheart and lives with her husband, two children, and Boston terrier in sunny Florida. She now beats the heat not by diving into cold water, but with her new hobby — figure skating. Susan also enjoys writing science fiction, screenwriting, boating, and traveling to foreign countries.