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"Owens scores big with sequel to HeartMate!"
Reviewed by DeborahAnne MacGillivray
Posted May 8, 2003

HEART THIEF is Owen's second tale in the "Heart" series (HEART DUEL upcoming third). HEARTMATE was just so original, so special it was hard to envision that a writer could pull off a second tour de force and make it as outstanding. Most sequels rarely match the freshness, the spark Read more...

"Can a former thief and a judge have a future together?"
Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted June 2, 2003

Ruis Elder is a Null, a person who negates Flair, the psi powers developed after colonists settled on the planet Celta centuries ago. Shunned by his peers (the noble families of Celta), stripped of his birthright, and abused by his uncle Bucus T'Elder, Ruis just wants to work with old Read more...

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Winner of 2003 PEARL Award
- Best Fantasy/Magical Paranormal Romance

Honorable Mention for 2003 PEARL Award
- Best FUTURISTIC Paranormal Romance

Returning to the planet Celta, the world of psychically gifted people first introduced in the RITA Award-winning HeartMate, Owens spins an entrancing tale...

Summary

Ruis Elder never asked for his unusual trait - the ability to neutalize other's psychic talents. Because of it, he has always been hated in his own homeland, destined to roam the harsh planet alone. But trouble finds him in front of the ruling Council - and face-to-face with the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. There's only one problem: Ailim is on the opposite side of the bench...

Ailim has never before felt such passion coursing through her as she feels in Ruis's presence. And she never thought she would - at least not with a man so far beneath her station, a man who does not even have psychic powers. But even on the planet Celta, love is blind to such details. Separately, Ailim and Ruis must forgo their old lives. But together the can take on the world...