Catherine
Kean
continues her Knights Series with a wonderfully enchanting and
heartwarming story of love once lost and now found. Years ago, the
strong, handsome nobleman, Dominic de Terre, fell in love with an
exquisite commoner, Gisela Anne Balewyne. Rather than give in to his
family’s demands and marry a noblewoman, he chooses to leave his home
and the arms of his “Little Daisy,” of his life, Gisela, and join up to
fight in the Crusades with King Richard. All he thinks about during his
time away is being in the meadow of daisies with his Gisela. He
returns, feeling that his life has changed and that Gisela is probably
married. He joins up to support his friend and strong local lord, Lord
de Lanceau. While on an undercover mission to find out who has been
stealing Lord de Lanceau’s precious shipments of rare silks, he sees
his Gisela in the marketplace. But this woman says she is Anne and the
little boy with her is her son, Ewan. Dominic’s eyes and heart know
differently, and he continues to follow and discover that Anne really
is his Gisela. He immediately wonders why she is in hiding with her son
and working as a tailor. Little does he realize that Gisela has many
secrets, but most of all, she has run away from a brutal husband who
has scarred her for life and has threatened all that she loves,
especially her son. The mystery begins as Gisela is trapped in a
situation with a French Merchant Crenardieu and the very silks that
Dominic is looking for, as well as another deep secret she must tell
Dominic. For a short time, Gisela has her Dominic back, but she knows
once she meets Crenardieu’s blackmail demands, she must take the money
made from the silk garments commissioned for him and run far, far away
from her evil husband Ryle and her newfound love for Dominic. But
Dominic does not want to give up on Gisela, and as their passion once
again reignites, Gisela, her son, and Dominic get trapped in the
dangerous plot by Ryle and Crenardieu. Will Gisela run, or decide to
stay and save Dominic while facing the loss of both Dominic and her son
by admitting to Lord de Lanceau that she was involved in the stolen
silk plot? But most of all will Dominic forgive her most important
secret?
As all of the other Knight Series, Catherine Kean has once again
written an interesting and intense story with mystery and many
characters with depth. A Knight’s Reward is another page turner that
keeps the reader absorbed from beginning to end, and is another
Medieval Romance that is a keeper for collectors.
Publisher: Medallion
(April 2008)
Reviewed
by Beverly,
Beverly Romance Books
