title: Hope and Despair: My Struggle to Free My Husband, Maher Arar
author: Monia Mazigh
description: A fascinating book. <br /> <i>Quill &amp; Quire</i><br /><br />A great love story for our times  a stirring, inspiring tale of a woman who would not give up on her husband, who steadfastly believed in him despite a chorus of powerful voices condemning him.<br /> <i>Calgary Herald</i>
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  _**Taken in revenge!**_
  
  Aric the Ruthless is consumed by his need for vengeance. And so he takes his
  enemy’s widowed daughter, Lady Fearn, as his slave... His fiery captive may
  fight him at first, but he knows he will soon tempt her into his bed!
  
  Fearn’s marriage brought her only fear and pain, but powerful Viking Aric is
  nothing like her cruel husband. And as her captor’s seduction awakens her to
  new sensations, dare she hope this ferocious warrior could become the husband
  she deserves?
  
   _ **‘This,’ he said softly, ‘will be good. Here we have peace and privacy and
  time for you to discover things you could not have imagined.’**_
  
  ‘You _are_ arrogant!’ she whispered.
  
  ‘Sure of myself, yes, and sure of you, too. I doubt you’ve ever been told that
  you’re the loveliest woman in all England. I’ve seen how men’s eyes follow
  you.’
  
  ‘Lust. That’s all.’
  
  ‘Let go of your anger—this is more than simple lust. I want you because you’re
  a match for me. Courageous, fie