"Satirical medieval romance"

In 1395 King Richard II orders Blake "Angel" Sherwell to wed his warrior-trained betrothed Seonid Dunbar. Reluctantly Blake heads to Scotland to marry the woman he has avoided. However, at his Scottish destination instead of finding an embroidering mate at the castle, Lord Dunbar greets Blake with the news that Seonid fled for the nearby St. Simmians monastery where the nuns have given her sanctuary.

An irate frustrated Blake heads to St. Simmians where he captures his bride only to have her escape. As he gives chase seemingly all over Scotland, he finds Seonid's courage and resourcefulness enticing. Soon he is intoxicated with wanting Seonid as his wife as he has fallen in love with his warrior bride. Seonid is also in love with her beautiful looking pursuer as he has made the cat and mouse game quite exhilarating and fun leading her to believe that this man might prove to be her equal.

THE CHASE is a fabulous humorous at times satirical medieval romance starring two battling warriors in love with the game almost as much as with one another. The riotous rousing romp is a series of chase, capture, escape and chase again as Seonid proves to be Blake's peer on the fox and the hound hunt. The warring duet make for a fine time leaving no prisoners as they skew some of the sacred boars of the sub-genre with a wonderful tale that feels as if Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn were matched up in fourteenth century Scotland.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 30, 2004