Taken by Storm begins as the darkly bitter Grand Vizier, Lord Boltar, is about to claim what he believes belongs to him, the rule of Avistad.  The King of Avistad’s son, Prince Tahj, has just returned from a trip and senses the unrest even before his best friend and captain, Radeem, warns him.  Radeem has heard rumors and suspects that the King’s advisor is planning to overthrow the crown.  Just as Tahj discovers a “gift” from Lord Boltar, a young girl bound and gagged on the prince’s bedroom floor, fighting erupts.  Tahj, Radeem, and the captive girl, Bashea, escape the castle in a hail of arrows. 

Born from the fire of a coup, Tahj and Bashea’s relationship burns with a passion that neither of them quite understands.  The pair is drawn closer together as they face various perils, Boltar’s soldiers, a screaming panther, even the scathing winds of a desert storm.  But after what she had been through at the hands of Boltar’s men, Bashea is afraid to trust and her fiery nature is both what appeals to Tahj, and what drives him crazy.  In fact, when Bashea’s brother, Bagrat, informs Tahj that Bashea means “lips of the gods,” he retorts, “Are you sure you don’t mean tongue of the devil?”  It takes a long separation to bring them back to each other, but when Tahj does return, it is once again during a battle with Lord Boltar.  But now the overlord, who has been forced beyond reason by Tahj’s success in retaking the throne, is an even more dangerous threat than before.  Reunited, will Tahj and Bashea be strong enough to defeat their twisted and powerful enemy?