~ Dark Encounter ~ 

Lauren Delaney's romance, Dark Encounter, will leave you thrilled and wanting to read more about two unforgettable people and how one memorable night changed their lives forever.

Cressida Aylesworth - or Criss as her friends call her - is attending the gala masquerade ball sponsored by her employer, Maplethorpe Industries.

Another predictable company function, or so she thinks, until she meets the mysterious and unusual Rafael Ambrose and her whole life is turned upside down in one magical night.    

The night has several unexpected surprises in store for Criss as she finds herself bonding with this man whose life is a secret.

Can Rafe accept that she could love him as he is? Could Criss be the one to uncover the secret of his past? What will happen if they defy convention and consumate their love in a night of passion that neither will ever forget?

Criss is an independent woman who does not give her heart easily, but can she see beyond Rafe's appearance to the brave heart within the sexy and tormented man-beast?  

~ And can the moonstone that condemned Rafe, also save him?

Click on the banner below to read this memorable story that is tinged with humor and marked by passion  - and be part of the beginning of an unforgettable romance.

~ Dark Encounter ~ now available as part of the Black Rose line of the Wild Rose Press, and through Fictionwise.