When Lightning Strikes

When Lightning Strikes

A single act of kindness...a mysterious gold coin, a bolt of lightning...a touch of gypsy magic: the recipe for love across time. Sarah Douglas is 23, beautiful, smart and about to marry the perfect guy. Level-headed, nice-looking, honest and intelligent, David du Bois is not only the son of her father's business partner, but the kind of man any mom would want their daughter to marry. Right? Or so she thought...until her mother gives her a mysterious "good luck" charm on the eve of her wedding, telling her that it's a family tradition and if she keeps it with her all night, she will know her heart's true desire.Sarah thinks it's all just a bunch of silly "Gypsy hocus pocus" but she soon discovers that a walk in the night air and an eerie bolt of lightning is all it takes to sweep her out of the world she knows and into the arms of Dominic du Barbaronne-the handsome blue-eyed leader of a band of Romanies in the year 1363.Dominic is everything Sarah has come to distrust in men...too good-looking, too sure of himself and way too passionate to ever be faithful to one woman. But stranded in the world of medieval France, with its lack of creature comfort and where women are treated as nothing more than chattel, Sarah finds she must place her trust in him to care for her basic needs and see to her protection until she can figure out a way home. Now if she could just figure out a way to stop feeling the things she is feeling for Dominic....and convince him that he must let her go despite the fact that he's as determined to keep her with him in the 14th century as she is to go back to her own time.When fate deals a hand that may separate them forever, Sarah soon finds she can no longer deny the searing white hot love that spans across time itself. The kind that only comes in that special time and place When Lightning Strikes.Review"4 Star Review: "There's a lot to love about this debut novel for Cynthia Lucas. The plot is tight, and the story is well paced with liberal helpings of action and adventure!" Jill MacKenzie - InD'Tale Magazine indtale.comAbout the AuthorAfter reading countless romance novels, Cynthia Lucas decided to put her self-proclaimed "addiction to love" to good use and write her own. When Lightning Strikes combines her love of exotic culture, time-travel, swashbuckling and heated romance in a captivating love and adventure story that leaves the reader turning page after page until the very end.Although this is Lucas' first published novel, her love of writing began at a very young age and was cultivated through her long-time career as a singer/songwriter in the musical act NORTH 2 SOUTH and as an award winning lyricist. Her travels throughout the US, and her "gypsy" lifestyle on the road touring as a musician brought about the inspiration for a romantic hero of Romany background. She currently resides in Largo, Florida with her husband of eighteen years, their daughter and several pets, including exotic birds and various wildlife that she rehabs as a hobby.