This month's featured book...

DIAMINA ~ erotic fantasy by Samantha Winston

"Crown Prince Lyo of the kingdom of Gjar finds himself rescued from an attempted takeover by a most unusual slave girl. She agrees to help him fetch his father's troops from his fiancée's palace. Somewhat spoiled by the deference given to him all his life, Lyo finds Diamina's treatment of him both refreshing and aggravating. There's just something about her...

Diamina is the daughter of the Snake God, an evil magician who has plans to rule the world. She ran away from home and her destiny to stop the Snake God. After being captured by a slave trader and sold to Princess Falla of Farrell, Diamina accompanies the princess to her betrothal ceremony. While there, Diamina helps Prince Lyo escape his captors and try to reclaim the kingdom. She doesn't dare tell him her identity because he'll either revere her or hate her.

Diamina and Lyo find it hard to fight the attraction that grows between them. Lyo doesn't know at first why Diamina is so resistant to his charms, when it's so obvious that her body is willing. The prophesy surrounding Diamina states that she must remain virgin and not get pregnant, lest her powers needed to defeat the Snake God are lost. It's never been hard to resist the many men sent to seduce her before. Why is Lyo so different?

Lyo does some major growing up in DIAMINA. He learns about humility and finds the one woman he is destined to love. But do they have any hope of a future together? Ms. Winston has written an engaging tale where magic and a madman with delusions of grandeur exists. Fans of fantasy romance should try this most unusual read."
Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews