One Snowy Knight Book

One Snowy Knight by Deborah MacGillivray

Reviewer Note: One Snowy Knight is actually the third book in the Dragons of Challon series, preceded by A Restless Knight (Book #1) and In Her Bed (Book #2). However, each book stands alone, and though it might enrich your reading experience a tad - you absolutely do not need to read the series in order for it to make sense.

I chose One Snowy Knight for my first review for a couple of reasons. One, I loved the first two books in the series and had been eagerly awaiting the third. Two, One Snowy Knight is set in the Christmas season, and I wanted something to help get me in the mood. And three, the cover is gorgeous. If I hadn't already been slobbering for the book and knew nothing of it, the cover would have easily lured me across the bookstore.

Lady Skena Maclain has all but given up on wishing. A newly made widow due to the loss of her husband in a battle at Dunbar, not only does she now have to fend for her two young children, Annis and Andrew, but for the citizens of Craigendan as well. Their food stores are low, their gates aren't what they used to be, and they're suffering from a severe lack of capable men to defend their little slice of Scottish heaven. But what Skena lacks in age and experience in regards to being a leader, she easily makes up for with sheer determination and a brazen willingness to put herself in danger to defend who and what she cares for most. Yet, little does she realize as she searches for her missing children, that lying blanketed in the snow is the very answer she's been secretly wishing for.

Injured and battle weary, Noel De Servian, an English knight in service to King Edward Longshanks, wants nothing more than to reach Craigendan Keep and lay claim to his new home. But when a blinding snowstorm relieves him of his trusty steed in a rather unceremonious fashion, and he wakes up staring into the concerned eyes of a beautiful Scottish Lady, a home isn't the only thing he wants to lay claim to. Noel knows winning Skena over may take a little time, but as the days pass, he also begins to understand that while he hopes to be the solution to her troubles…he may very well be the unforgivable cause.

Between the pages of One Snowy Knight, Deborah MacGillivray has crafted a touching, though sometimes heart wrenching, story of two strong-willed people who are afraid to want what's in front of them. Her knowledge of the time period she's chosen to set this series in is dead on, lending a refreshingly believable quality to the characters that brings them to life page after page. The love scenes between Noel and Skena are tender but surprisingly hot at times, which perfectly suits their complex characters and the way their relationship unfolds. And although some of the same plot threads often found in historical romance are present in this novel, Ms. MacGillivray easily spins them into something new and wholly unique to her style.

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