DeborahAnne
MacGillivray debuted on the Historical Romance scene with "A Restless
Knight," one of the best Scottish Medieval Romances ever written. It
was amazing to believe this book was a debut. The release of the
sequel, "In Her Bed," will awe historical romance readers even more
with another beautiful storyline with depth of research and character
development. Very few writers have the ability to continue a series
without having the following books go flat, thus disappointing fans.
Not with DeborahAnne MacGillivray! Nobody does it better!
Continuing where the previous story left off, Julian Challon, known as
The Black Dragon, has been declared the overlord of all Scottish lands
surrounding Glenrogha by decree of King Edward I and marriage to the
beautiful Lady of Glenrogha, Tamlyn MacShane. We leave the Beltane
festivities and upcoming marriage celebration of Julian and Tamlyn who
have found true love and happiness in this arrangement, only to have
Julian's cousin and right-hand man, Damian St. Giles, Lord Ravenhawke,
confused, depressed and missing.
The handsome Damian feels he is in love with his cousin's future wife,
Lady Tamlyn, as he believes it is she that continues to rescue him in a
recurring dream he has had for years. Damien's duty toward his cousin,
Lord Challon, and to King Edward, is to become the Lord of Lyonglen,
lands rightfully his as the old Barron's grandson, which just happen to
be close to Glenrogha and currently occupied by Lady Tamlyn's
look-alike cousin, Lady Aithinne Ogilvie. Lady Aithinne has been under
the guardianship of the old Lord of Lyonglen for years and now that he
has passed away, upon hearing the rumors of King Edward's invasion and
The Black Dragon is concerned about the precious lands and people of
Lyonglen. She is also troubled as many Scottish lairds have tried to
steal Lyonglen through marriage to her. In her attempt to save herself
and Lyonglen she feels she must convince everyone that she had married
the old Barron of Lyonglen before his death and that she is with child;
a child that would be considered the true heir to Lyonglen. But
Aithinne is an innocent virgin, so she turns to the old healer Oona to
produce a potion that would draw a handsome and strong man to her bed
for a period of time so that she can conceive. She sends her brothers
out to the Beltane festivities to find and bring back a strong and
handsome man for her to bed, not realizing they would return with the
true Lord Ravenhawke, the long lost grandson of the Barron of Lyonglen.
Oona's powerful potion works and for seven beautiful nights Aithinne
has the handsome Damian in her bed, bound and captive, being fed the
potion until she can conceive. With this powerful potion Aithinne and
Damien experience passion beyond their wildest dreams. While Aithinne
discovers passion that soon turns to love, Damien, confused by the
potion and the beauty in his bed that strongly resembles Tamlyn,
believes he is with Tamlyn, and cries out Tamlyn's name during intense
passion. Not realizing her own special beauty, Aithinne has always felt
second best to her beautiful cousin and is crushed at discovering
Damien's love for Tamlyn. Once Oona confirms that Aithinne is with
child, Aithinne realizes she must let Damien go, not realizing who he
truly is and that Tamlyn is in love with and is going to marry The
Black Dragon. Damien is given another potion in order for him to forget
and he is released. He returns to Glenrogha even more confused,
arriving just in time to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Julian and
Tamlyn and witnessing their intense love. How could Tamlyn bed him so
passionately when her love for Julian is so obvious?
Aithinne is left alone, hurt, and in love, but happy to be carrying
Damien's child. When Damien returns to Lyonglen as Lord Ravenhawke, the
grandson and rightful heir, chaos begins. Aithinne is carrying Damien's
child and is in love with him, but he does not remember her. Once
Damien takes over the duties as Lord of Lyonglen, the more time he
spends with Aithinne, he begins to remember parts of the recent past
until finally he remembers all and that it was Aithinne he has bedded.
He comes to realize that not only has he fallen in lust, but in love
and that the child Aithinne carries is his. But most important, he
realizes it has been Aithinne who has been the woman in his dreams, not
Tamlyn. Can Damien forgive Aithinne for her deception? Will Aithinne
forgive her own deception as well, now realizing her error, but most of
all; can she forget Damien's declaration of love for Tamlyn during
their time of intense passion and ever come to realize that Damien's
love for her is true? Or will both realize that their love is stronger
than any deception, dream, magical potion or spell can produce?
Once again the beauty and magic of "A Restless Knight" is re-created
and becomes something better and difficult to describe in its
intensity. A fan of medieval romance cannot read anything better or
more enjoyable. This sensual story of love keeps the reader spellbound
to the pages in a way only DeborahAnne MacGillivray can. "In Her Bed"
is a stupendous read and a true match to the first book in the series.
It is a definite keeper for those who love Scottish folklore and the
true magic of love.
Publisher: Zebra
(July 2008)
Reviewed
by Beverly,
Beverly Romance Books
