Series:
Ladies of the Keep (Book 3)
Norman beauty Lady Genvieve is on her way to her cousin’s
new holding Merewood Keep to take charge of his young daughter…
Her escort is attacked. Struggling to break free from her
captors she is brutally beaten, suffers a blow to the throat, and knocked
unconscious.
Returning to Merewood Keep, MacInness, vassal to Garrick
of Merewood, sees a midnight-haired angel being brutally attacked. He rushes to
rescue her, but an enemy arrow shoots his warhorse out from beneath him.
Nothing will stop him from saving her; he continues on foot. She is
unconscious, but he encourages her to hang on until they reach safety.
MacInness has no desire to marry…
They arrive at Merewood Keep, unaware of the changes that
have taken place while he was away. When she wakens, she cannot speak. Waiting
for her to recover he discovers a woman he can love, instead of the one he can
never have—his overlord’s wife.
Genvieve de Chauret is drawn to the handsome Highlander
who risked his life to save hers, and falls in love with him. Someone wants her
dead, and when MacInness marries Genvieve, his life is now in danger. When
MacInness is attacked, rumors abound that it is his wife who wants him dead.
When Genvieve’s life is threatened, they will have to look into their hearts,
and that of their keep’s people to find the traitor threatening their newfound
happiness.
Good second chance love story. Winslow McInniss is Garrick's
vassal, and thanks to his service to the king, he was awarded the estate of
Sedgeworth. He has been too busy to do anything with it, but now that he's
returned from Scotland, he must do so. On his way back to Merewood, he stumbles
across a young woman under attack. He rescues her, but she is badly injured. He
takes her to Merewood to be cared for. There is something about her that
arouses his protective instincts.
Genvieve is Augustin's cousin and is on the way to
Merewood to help care for his daughter when she is attacked. She fights as best
she can but is badly injured before a stranger appears and saves her. She wakes
up surrounded by strangers and unable to speak because of an injury to her throat.
She is wary of those around her but trusts McInniss. I ached for Genvieve. Her fear of her unknown
circumstance and frustration at being unable to communicate was palpable. (Though
she can read and write, why didn't she just write notes to people?)
McInniss and Genvieve initially resist the attraction
between them. McInniss loves a woman who is married to someone else and has
given up on love because of it. Genvieve had loved and lost and had no desire
to risk further pain. Nonetheless, McInniss is determined to discover who is
behind the attack on Genvieve and doesn't recognize that the need stems from
his growing feelings for her. Being forced into marriage isn't what either
wants.
Suspense builds as McInniss delves deeper into the attack
on Genvieve. Matters become complicated when he, too, is attacked. The truth he
uncovers shocks and appalls him. The resolution was heartbreaking in what it
exposed. I liked seeing Genvieve and McInniss finally let go of their pasts and
embrace the future. The epilogue was well done.
Another thing I enjoyed about this series was the
presence of McInniss's "Irish Contingent." These men are O'Malleys
and the ancestors of those in the Duke's Guard series. I'd like to know more
about them.
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