Looking for something new to read this weekend? Check out this historical romance by author Michele Stegman...
(Don't you think the cover looks a little but like Russel Crowe? :-) )
Her people conquered his country.
In 1067 England, Madeline,
a Norman, wants a big, brash, never-defeated-in-battle, Norman knight. What she
gets, by order of the king, is a wiry Saxon who once studied for the priesthood
instead of warfare. But is this gentle man she is falling in love with
entangled in the rebellion now sweeping the land?
Now she must conquer his heart.
Ranulf wants to marry
the girl next door. What he gets, by order of the king, is a lush, strong
Norman woman who just might be a spy reporting his every move. He wants her in
every way a man can possibly want a woman. But can he trust his heart to a
woman who might have been sent to root out the struggle for freedom his people
are engaged in? How can they overcome the distrust they feel to find love?
Sounds good, doesn't it? Here's another little teaser...
He let his gaze travel
back to his bride walking stiffly, reluctantly, toward him. For once, Ranulf
felt speech was beyond him. She was so much more than he had expected. So
beautiful. So clean. She glittered like
a bright jewel in a dung heap. For Etherby, no matter how much he loved it, was
not much better than one right now.
If only he could say
to this magnificent woman, "Go away. Come back in a year. Give me time to
build the castle the king has ordered, tear down this rotting hall, teach
cleanliness to servants to whom filth is a way of life. Then you won't have to
grit your teeth and square our shoulders as if going into battle as you come to
wed me." But it was already too late. She was here. The wedding was now.
And he felt as randy as a billy goat.
He would begin
building the king's castle immediately. The work would distract him from Lady
Madeline's seductive lure. She would find no treason with which to fill the
king's ears, and, like his mother's attitude toward his father, he was sure the
lady would be glad not to have him in her bower, not the way he felt now, the
things he wanted to do to her.
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About Michele:
Michele Stegman has
always loved history and she lives it every day. She spins, weaves, makes her
own soap and bread, and lives in a 175 year old log cabin with her husband,
Ron, who is the basis for all her heroes.
You can contact
Michele on her website, www.MicheleStegman.com, or on her Facebook page,
www.Facebook.com/MicheleStegmanAuthor.
