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In Her Bed
by Deborah MacGillivray
An exquisite addition to the Medieval
historical romance Challon series!
Threatened by Edward Longshanks, King
of England, and Scottish clans jealous for her lands, Lady Aithinne
Ogilvie has come up with a solution to protect herself and her people.
With the help of those around her, she will take a man captive and
produce an heir. Chained to Aithinne's bed and given a bewitching brew,
an old dream haunts Damian St. Giles. Can the woman before him be
better than the dream of his youth or a sign of all the trouble before
him? Damian may be the cousin of Julian, the mighty Dragon of Challon,
but he has certainly met his match in Aithinne! With hair and spirit
touched by fairy fire, she schemes and plots in her wonderful
heart-warming ways. She will do anything to protect her people...but
can she protect her heart from love? When a woman calls on the Auld
Ones for assistance, all her secrets, dreams and plans have a way of
being answered --- just not quite in the way she imagined! Handsome and
dark like a raven, Damian holds a dark secret --- can the firebrand
Aithinne and the magic of Beltane bring love to this warrior's heart?
The second book of the Challon series has all the emotional and
mystical intensity of the first and yet Deborah MacGillivray has given
her readers more --- much more! The addition of minor characters such
as Oona and Moffat, reveal even more nuances of the major characters
and the medieval world. IN HER BED
clearly demonstrates the exquisite breadth of this author's writing
style. Here, her narrative technique varies in tone with amazing
dexterity, combining humor with the emotional intensity, sensuous
descriptive details with dynamic dialogue. The paranormal aspect adds a
special delight to this medieval historical romance, realistically
creating a background of the medieval world view and literary
tradition. Fans of the first book, A
RESTLESS KNIGHT will be thrilled to see Tamlyn and Julian
appearing here in the second book, not as a mere mention but as an
integral part of the story. Deborah MacGillivray brilliantly draws
together the pagan and Christian religions through the love of a man
and a woman. Readers will fall in love with both the hero and heroine
--- and the minor characters as well! A splendid romance! While reading
IN HER BED, I
found myself laughing, smiling, open-eyed, and even a tear of two of
joy at the end.
Each book of the Challon series is exquisite on its own, but together,
both form a truly spectacular medieval narrative. Deborah MacGillivray
utilizes the medieval forms of the saga and such longer narrative forms
as the Arthurian Vulgate cycle yet she revitalizes them for the modern
audience, by casting them as romances where love and the woman's
viewpoint add exquisite and new insights into the medieval world. With IN HER BED, Deborah MacGillivray
enchants romance fans and Medieval enthusiasts alike. As readers,
watching this series unfold in the Dragon Challon and the Ogilvie
figures, we see the birth of a Medieval legend, being created in
today's world.
Publisher: Zebra
(August 2007)
Series: Dragons of Challon
Reviewed by Merrimon,
Medieval Book Reviews
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