Brooke's Sanctuary

Book 2 in the Ilyrian Destiny series.Rordyc Kilth, First Son of the Fourth House of Ilyria, doesn't accept failure. Even his own. Though he hadn't found his mate in time to keep another man from claiming her, they had been matched by the gods and Brooke Phillips was rightfully his. And he would have her. The gods didn't care if she had been lost to another world as a child-his duty to his family and his people's survival demanded she return to Ilyria. Mated to him in body and soul.Her refusal of her destiny didn't bother him. By the time he's done with his passionate seduction, she won't remember any other man's hands or mouth on her except his. And after the way she explodes in his arms during their first kiss, he's sure of his success. The raging need simmering between them is all-consuming.Until Brooke disappears. With ancient Ilyrian enemies and the mob closing in, he accepts that it's not duty, destiny or even desire driving him to find her. It's a soul-deep need for the total surrender of her heart. This time, he will not fail.