Amanda Quick, a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz, is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of contemporary and historical romances. There are nearly thirty million copies of her books in print, including Seduction, Surrender, Scandal, Rendezvous, Ravished, Reckless, Dangerous, Deception, Desire, Mistress, Mystique, Mischief, Affair, With This Ring, I Thee Wed, and Wicked Widow. She is also the author of Slightly Shady and Don’t Look Back, the first two novels featuring Lavinia Lake and Tobias March. She makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Frank.
YA‘A delightful journey into Norman England. Seeking to escape her domineering uncle and to arrange a better future for her brother, Alice agrees to become betrothed to the fearsome knight, Hugh the Relentless, who needs a competent household manager. Alice settles into her new home but must rescue her new friend and neighbor, Lady Emma, the wife of Hugh's sworn enemy. Later, Hugh himself is poisoned. But by whom? The plot encompasses folk superstitions and shows how humans can be taught to hate, often without reason. The central characters come to life in full detail; their witty dialogue provides an amusing diversion in the tradition of Julie Garwood. Some period customs are explained but the actions are more important to the plot. Suspense and excitement are developed as Hugh and Alice learn to love one another in true soap-opera fashion.‘Claudia Moore, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Strong, independent women are bestselling author Quick's (Mistress) forte, and her newest heroine, Lady Alice, is no exception. A medieval lass of a practical cast, she's lively, determined and sharp-tongued‘and she's a whiz of an herbalist, too. At 23, she fears no man, not even Hugh the Relentless, the warrior-knight with whom she initially grapples, and eventually gropes, in order to safeguard a better future for herself and her handicapped, 16-year-old brother. Alice and Hugh strike a bargain and become business partners: she will find the last stolen, mystical Stone of Scarcliffe (which Hugh needs to establish his control over his newly acquired lands); and Hugh will pay for her brother's education on the continent and provide Alice with a dowry. Intrigued by the bold Alice, the knight agrees to her outrageous proposal. However, he makes one of his own: he will support her brother, but, in return, she must become his wife. They set off to find the mystical stone (the key to a hidden treasure), only to find more than they bargained for‘a curse, a murder, a villain from the past and, of course, that they are in love. Fast-paced and entertaining, this romance, like Alice, accomplishes everything it sets out to do. (July)
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