At
Her Service
By
Shari Anton
Lady Joanna is between a rock and a hard place. Her widow status makes it hard for her to have her orders followed, and her people want her to take a husband. Her first and only trial-by-fire in matrimony ended in disaster; her husband abused her. She will never allow that to happen again, but when thieves plague her holdings and her daughter is injured, she seeks a mercenary to get rid of her problem.
A woman of title has already shafted
Logan Grimm; he will not work for a woman. The last one caused him
grievous injury. When Joanna of Lynwood Manor seeks his services,
he initially turns her down. Finally, against his better judgment,
he decides to travel to her home, where he finds a woman of intellect,
a loving mother, and a seductress who sets his heart and loins on
fire. He agrees to stay and help, but finds hunting the thieves
is much less dangerous than trying to keep away from the lady of
the manor.
Joanna finds the mercenary a gentle
and caring soul, despite his size and reputation, but when she learns
more about his past, she is horrified. Logan knows that Joanna is
appalled at how he makes a living, but he hopes his manner will
prove that he is worthy of being in her service.
Ms. Anton once again
displays her talent for penning an excellent and moving medieval.
The humor that abounds in her pages and the emotion that moves the
story along is well done.
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The
Book |
Warner Forever / TimeWarner |
January 2005 |
Mass Market Paperback |
0-446-61465-3 |
Genre Medieval Romance/1350 England |
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Excerpt
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NOTE: Explicit Sexual Content
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The
Reviewer |
Faith V. Smith |
2005 |
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