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NIGHT PLEASURES
SHERRILYN KENYON


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St. Martin's Paperbacks Titles
by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fantasy Lover
Night Pleasures
Night Embrace
Dance with the Devil
Kiss of the Night (Coming in April 2004)

NIGHT PLEASURES

Copyright (c) 2002 by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Excerpt from Kiss of the Night copyright (c) 2004 by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
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For Kim Cardascia, who gives me the freedom to push past the boundaries of my imagination, and Nancy Yost, who keeps me sane while I do it.
To the Ladies of Sanctuary and the RBL Romanticans for all the laughs and support you guys have given me and the Dark-Hunter series. I lub all of you. Thanks for just being you and for loving romance novels as much as I dot
For my friends without whom 1 would be eternally lost: Rickey, Lo, Janet, Cathy-Max, Deb, Rebecca and Kim Williamon.
To my husband and sons for your patience, your love, and all the incredible happiness the four of you have added to my life. And last but never least, for my family for being an incredible source of support.

NIGHT
PLEASURES


AN ANCIENT GREEK LEGEND

Born to extreme wealth, Kyrian of Thrace wielded charm and charisma as powerfully as he wielded his sword. Courageous and bold, he ruled the world around him, and knew nothing save the very passionate side of his nature.
Ardent, wild, and restless, he lived his life recklessly. He knew no danger, no limitations. The world was his oyster and he vowed to feed fully from it.
With the strength of Ares, the body and face of Adonis, and the sensuous gifts of Aphrodite, he was sought by all women who saw him. They wanted him for their own, dreamed of possessing the proud warrior prince whose touch was said to be the closest a woman could ever come to paradise.
But he was not a man whose heart was easily tamed.
He was a man who lived for the moment, lived for his senses, and for the wild fulfillment of all his desires. He loved pleasure, both the giving and the receiving.
The few women who had claimed him for a night of ecstasy lorded it over those who could only dream of touching his exquisite body.
For he was passion. Desire. All things sensual and hot.
A born warrior, he was respected and feared by all who knew of him. And at a time when the Roman Empire was invincible, he, alone, beat the Romans back with a hero's glee, and brought riches and glory to his name and homeland.
For a while, 'twas said he would be ruler of the known world.