Captured Hearts

Hostages and their keepers occasionally fall in love in both fiction and reality, but can it often be said that the kidnapper is a former pagan god who then wonders who really captured whom? In her latest novel, Sandra Deighan merely hints at the true forces at work while relaying the mental confusion and eroding self-discipline of an imperious immortal from his first moment of contact with a vulnerable, yet indomitable, mortal woman. This self-indulgent immortal learns that while he may have command over the flesh, love itself can neither be commanded nor subdued, and in fact, does the controlling. It is a tale that proves love is the most powerful force in the universe, able to humble even a god.