title: Prince of Dreams: A Tale of Tristan and Essylte
author:  Nancy McKenzie 
description: Tristan, son of Meliodas, takes center stage in McKenzie's moving fantasy, the fourth in her well-received Arthurian series (Queen of Camelot, etc.). Despite his being a great warrior and a man of enormous passions, a twist of fate has kept Tristan from the High Kingship of Britain. It is Markion, Tristan's uncle, who rules as High King, and it is Markion to whom Essylte, the daughter of Welsh prince Percival, is promised to ensure peace with Wales. After Tristan accompanies Essylte to her new home at Tintagel, where she's to begin her new life as High Queen, the pair fall in love. Their tragic story unfolds with all the panoply of the legend and comes to a heart-wrenching end. In its depth and emotional impact, McKenzie's series approaches Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon. Her characters live and breathe the ways of King Arthur. Fans of historical romances will also be happy. <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  A Dream Defiant  
  By Susanna Fraser
  
  Spain, 1813
  
  Elijah Cameron, the son of runaway slaves, has spent his whole life in the
  British army proving that a black man can be as good a soldier as a white man.
  After a victory over the French, Elijah promises one of his dying men that he
  will deliver a scavenged ruby necklace to his wife, Rose, a woman Elijah has
  admired for years.
  
  Elijah feels bound to protect her and knows a widow with a fortune in jewels
  will be a target. Rose dreams of using the necklace to return to England, but
  after a violent attack, she realizes that she needs Elijah’s help to make the
  journey safely.
  
  Her appreciation for Elijah’s strength and integrity soon turns into love, but
  he doubts she could want a life with him, knowing the challenges they’d face.
  As their relationship grows, she must convince Elijah that she wants him as
  more than a bodyguard. And she must prove that their love can ov