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"Excellent, sensual installment in this series."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted April 14, 2004

Rowena, a peace-loving heiress, has thwarted plans by her relatives to wed her against her will. She hates war and the knights who perpetuate the violence. Surrounding herself with minstrels, she earns the scorn of Henry and Eleanor's court. Often called the Bitch of Sussex, Rowena ignores their jabs and Read more...

"Medieval romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted April 21, 2004

During the reign of Henry Plantagenet, several English prisoners escape captivity in the Holy Land because of the sacrifice of some of their peers. One of these Lord Stryker has become the King's Champion, but also remains loyal to the Brotherhood of the Sword consisting of those surviving knights Read more...

Summary

Fearless men, their allegiance is to one another, to the oppressed, and to the secret society known as the Brotherhood of the Sword -- and they must never surrender to the passionate yearnings of their noble hearts. A Lady of Love Beautiful, peace-loving Rowena knows that Stryder of Blackmoor is a warrior, and is therefore a man to be shunned. But something burns in the eyes of this powerful knight that she has never seen in others of his kind: a tenderness, and a need to love and be loved. Yet to enter his world would be madness -- against every principle by which she has lived her life -- so she must resist the yearning that would draw her into his arms. A Man of War Duty bound to battle for right, Stryder has never desired the comforts of home and hearth -- until he gazed upon the exquisite face and form of the incomparable Rowena. He dares not succumb to her sensuous charms, for Stryder is a man sworn to know no love. But when treachery and danger threaten, the noble knight must stand as the unsuspecting lady's champion -- though his actions could cost him his honor, his heart. . . and his forbidden dream of happiness.