A love as bright as the stars and enduring as stone. . . Katie James is unlucky in love-so unlucky she's been reduced to kissing the marble statue in her own garden. But her luck changes when the statue warms to life in her arms-and turns out to be a hunk straight out of any woman's fantasy! Well, almost. . . Jorlan en Sarr hails from a distant planet and like all the other men Katie's known, he comes with a lot of baggage. A cursed warrior with a lover's magic touch. . . Entombed in his stony skin for centuries, Jorlan has been waiting for a maiden fair to break the spell. Yet this statuesque beauty with the will of an Amazon and kisses like flame is a far cry from the obedient damsels of Imperia. And though Jorlan is tempted to abandon all for the sake of Katie, unless he can convince her to give him her heart in two weeks' time, he'll be turned back to stone. And she'll be lost to him forever. In Dallas, six foot amazon Katie James enjoys running her firm James Real Estate in which she buys, restores, and sells old houses. Her latest acquisition is a dilapidated Victorian with a garden that contains seven statues displaying both genders getting it on. To Katie's chagrin, she is attracted to one particular carving, but on the other hand is pleased that he is stone as she feels men are annoying especially her older brothers. However, she feels she goes off the deep end because she believes the statue whispers to her to kiss it. Unable to resist, Katie locks lips with stone only to find a giant of a flesh and blood male appear. Jorlan en Sarr explains that he is from another world who is cursed by his sorcerer half-brother Perlen de Locke but also magically transported to earth for his safety by his mother. As Katie helps Jorlan adapt to his new planet, he worries that Perlen's curse goes deeper, as the person who freed him must willingly give her heart to him or he returns to stone permanently Katie James is unlucky in love - so unlucky she's been reduced to kissing the marble statue in her own garden. But her luck changes when the statue warms to life in her arms - and turns out to be a hunk straight out of any woman's fantasy! Well, almost... Jorlan en Sarr hails from a distant planet and like all the other men Katie's known, he comes with a lot of baggage. Entombed in his stony skin for centuries, Jorlan has been waiting for a maiden fair to break the spell. Yet this statuesque beauty with the will of an Amazon and kisses like flame is a far cry from the obedient damsels of Imperia. And though Jorlan is tempted to abandon all for the sake of Katie, unless he can convince her to give him her heart in two weeks' time, he'll be turned back to stone. And she'll be lost to him forever In Dallas, six foot amazon Katie James enjoys running her firm James Real Estate in which she buys, restores, and sells old houses. Her latest acquisition is a dilapidated Victorian with a garden that contains seven statues displaying both genders getting it on, but o Katie's chagrin, she finds herself attracted to one particular carving
