When Love Awaits Book

"I hate you," Leonie whispered, the words sounding less than convincing even to herself.

"Then I will love you despite your hatred."

He kissed her again, and the traitorous flame leaped within her, drawing her to him despite everything.

-Leonie & Rolfe

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Incredible with its soap-opera feeling, exciting with the intrigues and natural with the slow blossoming love between the spirited Leonie and her new husband, the fearless Warrior Rolfe d`Ambert whom everyone calls the Black Wolf, "When Love Awaits" proved to be a Fast-paced and Entertaining historical romance set in the medieval period.

Forced marriage, hate-ful villians, light humor and wonderful romance-Everything in one package!
I sympathized with both Leonie and Rolfe. Leonie for the harsh punishment she got for resisting marriage to Rolfe- the beatings she got from the villian nearly made me throw up. Despite it she was a worthy heroine with pride and spirit and a gentle nature that made her so adoring, and many things i found with her were a lot like me, which i find so unusual when i read books. Her growing desire for her beautiful husband was a bittersteet journey to follow as i simply were THERE with her the whole time and understood her decisions.

Rolfe dÀmbert have had the harsh upbringing many heroes of JL do and he have worked hard his whole life to get where he is now. His start with Leonie was REALLY and really bad,and i really wondered how their marriage would work. Despite everything he does get interested by his young bride and gets shocked to realize what a beauty she is. He falls hard and fast for her and remains faithful to her since their marriage, and along the way he also courts her and longs for the affection of a woman in love from her. A noble warrior despite his time he could have punished her for the many rules she broke (even when she did it for his own good) and i loved it when the passion overruled them so much that they forgot everything...!

How relieved i was when the final misunderstanding cleared up in the end and they finally got to enjoy their everlasting love completely and honestly! Many dislike this book cuz of its non-existent brutal angst like in JL other books, but the emotions in "When Love Awaits" got to my heart so much that this book deserves a 5-STAR from me, i.love.it.!