My Lord's Desire Book

Author: Margaret Moore
First published: 2007
Length: 376 pages
Setting: Wiltshire, England, 1204
Sex: Explicit but not frequent. Caring.
Heroine: Eldest daughter of abusive Earl now ward to King John.
Hero: Knight who was held prisoner by French in Normandy.

Margaret Moore writes solid medievals with a good historical context and engaging characters. What should be weekend fluff takes a turn into quality read when Moore respects the past and lets the people live within it, not forcing them to be 21st Century Misses before their time.

Enjoyable and a good re-read.

Corfe:
"The king, dressed like a peacock in a long, heavily embroidered robe, his hair smoothed and cut in the Norman style, his fingers jewelled, and his plump face smiling, led in his diminutive, juvenile queen." p.144

John, King of England from 1199 to 1216, married Isabelle d'Angoulême in 1200, when she was 12 years old.

Series:
Book 1 My Lord's Desire - Armand de Boisbaston and Lady Adelaide
Book 2 The Notorious Knight - Sir Bayard de Boisbaston and Lady Gillian
Book 3 Knave's Honor - Lady Elizabeth d'Averette and Sir Oliver de Leslille
Book 4 The Warlord's Bride - Lady Roslynn and Lord Madoc of Llanpowell
Book 4.5 The Welsh Lord's Mistress - Trefor ap Gruffydd and Bron

References:
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(ISBN 978-1-55254-851-6)

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