Synopses & Reviews
Veteran medieval author Margo Maguire is joining forces with Avon to bring her fans and new readers actionandndash;packed romance that's brimming with passion! After spending years in a French convent, Kathryn de St. Marie is to be reunited with her family, only to be abducted by Scots, then rescued by a Saxon nobleman/warrior andndash; Edric of Braxton Fell. Now Kathryn cannot return to Norman society, having her reputation tainted by her kidnapping. Forced to stay at Braxton Fell, she falls in love with Eadric, the fierce and bitter Saxon whose brother was killed during Kathryn's rescue.
Edric must deal with dissatisfied Saxons as well as raiding Scots. He is determined to return his estate to its former affluence, without Norman help. Yet his spoiled Norman wife has just died in childbirth, leaving him with a newborn son who will take feedings from no one but the rescued Norman woman. He gradually comes to realize that Kathryn is nothing like the other Normans he has known, and falls in love with her.
Synopsis
To burn with passion . . . to surrender to the power of a man's desire . . . Kathryn de St. Marie's years in a French convent have taught her such things are forbidden. Still the chaste Norman beauty dreams of a soul-stirring love. But cruel destiny intrudes when she is taken prisoner by Scot barbarians—though a kinder fate intervenes when she is rescued by proud, haunted Edric of Braxton Fell, a bitter Saxon lord displaced by Norman rule.
Though he despises the conquerors, Edric can sense that Kathryn is different—gentle and giving, yet possessing a fire that enflames Edric in turn—and he grudgingly allows her into his broken life. For Kathryn's capture has tainted her in the eyes of her people, and she can never again return home. Her future rests in the strong hands of her enemy champion . . . and in a long-cherished dream of a perfect seduction and a dangerous, rapturous love.
About the Author
Margo Maguire is the author of nineteen historicalromance novels. Formerly a critical care nurse, she workedfor many years in a large Detroit trauma center.Margo writes full time and loves to hear from readers.