CRISLYN --- With hair as black as night, and eyes as blue as the summer sky, Crislyn was the most beautiful maid in the village of Ravensbridge. The women in the village whispered about her strange powers, but the men longed to possess her elusive beauty. . . LORD BLACKHEART --- Darkly handsome, Lord Blackheart was an infamous highwayman feared throughout the land, but his heart melted when he came across Crislyn in the woods. Drawn to her by a fierce passion, he opened her untried heart to the pleasures of love . . . JAMES LINWOOD --- The mysterious baron held the ancient secret of Bloodstones Castle deep in his heart --- along with an obsessive desire for Crislyn. He would stop at nothing until the young beauty was his alone --- for all time . . .