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Brotherhood Of The Dragon #2
Dragon's Knight
LOVE WAS THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY ...
Valorous, respected knight though he was, Jarrod Maxwell had always known the land of the heart was closed to him. Why then had capricious Destiny led him to aid Lady Aislynn Greatham ... and made his soul yearn for impossible passion --- and a forever love?
Should she, Aislynn Greatham pondered, risk all she held dear --- even betrothal to a childhood friend --- to go on a journey with an enigmatic knight to find her missing brother? Convention muttered, "Nay!" But when she looked upon Sir Jarrod in all his warrior glory, her heart could not deny that she would follow this man --- wherever he led!
Valorous, respected knight though he was, Jarrod Maxwell had always known the land of the heart was closed to him. Why then had capricious Destiny led him to aid Lady Aislynn Greatham ... and made his soul yearn for impossible passion --- and a forever love?
Should she, Aislynn Greatham pondered, risk all she held dear --- even betrothal to a childhood friend --- to go on a journey with an enigmatic knight to find her missing brother? Convention muttered, "Nay!" But when she looked upon Sir Jarrod in all his warrior glory, her heart could not deny that she would follow this man --- wherever he led!
296 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 2002
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About the author
Catherine Archer
36 books21 followersCatherine J. Archibald was born on 17 August, and grew up in Oregon, USA. She has always loved books and reading. Even as little girl, she enjoyed making up further adventures about the characters in the books she read as well as writing stories about her own characters. But it wasn’t until she read Jane Eyre at around the age of 12 that she realized she wanted to write... romance novels. Completing a novel, however, turned out to be much more difficult than making up stories in her head!
In the years between deciding to become an author, marrying her Canadian husband, Steve, having three children, enrolling in nursing school twice, she began but never finished many novels. It wasn’t until her youngest child was two that she sat down and told herself that she would complete her book or go to her grave trying. That novel, written on an old typewriter that a friend gave her after finding out that she was working on a book, took two years to finish. Her husband, Steve, seeing how determined she was to become a published author, sold his 1965 Mustang to buy her first computer. He remained a constant and devoted supporter through the seven years of rejections. It was her third completed historical romance, Rose Among Thorns, that Catherine sold to Harlequin Historicals in 1992. It was the culmination of her all her dreams and hard work. She still approaches each book with the same excitement of that first one. Bringing the characters and their story to life are some of her greatest challenges and joys. Each time she helps the hero and heroine discover that being able to truly love and trust in another person only makes you stronger, she renews her own belief in the power of love. With the 2003 release of her thirteenth and last book for Harlequin, Dragon's Daughter, Catherine has lost none of her sense of awe at seeing the names of her characters in print.
After a rich and unforgettable stay of 15 years in Alberta, Catherine now lives with her husband of more than 25 years and her three children in Troutdale, Oregon, near her family again. She loves meeting and hearing from readers and may be reached at the following address: Catherine Archer, P.O. Box 1216, Fairview, OR 97024-1216.
In the years between deciding to become an author, marrying her Canadian husband, Steve, having three children, enrolling in nursing school twice, she began but never finished many novels. It wasn’t until her youngest child was two that she sat down and told herself that she would complete her book or go to her grave trying. That novel, written on an old typewriter that a friend gave her after finding out that she was working on a book, took two years to finish. Her husband, Steve, seeing how determined she was to become a published author, sold his 1965 Mustang to buy her first computer. He remained a constant and devoted supporter through the seven years of rejections. It was her third completed historical romance, Rose Among Thorns, that Catherine sold to Harlequin Historicals in 1992. It was the culmination of her all her dreams and hard work. She still approaches each book with the same excitement of that first one. Bringing the characters and their story to life are some of her greatest challenges and joys. Each time she helps the hero and heroine discover that being able to truly love and trust in another person only makes you stronger, she renews her own belief in the power of love. With the 2003 release of her thirteenth and last book for Harlequin, Dragon's Daughter, Catherine has lost none of her sense of awe at seeing the names of her characters in print.
After a rich and unforgettable stay of 15 years in Alberta, Catherine now lives with her husband of more than 25 years and her three children in Troutdale, Oregon, near her family again. She loves meeting and hearing from readers and may be reached at the following address: Catherine Archer, P.O. Box 1216, Fairview, OR 97024-1216.
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April 1, 2018
Recensione a cura di Pippi Calzelunghe per Romanticamente Fantasy Sito
http://www.romanticamentefantasy.it/r...
Eccoci con il secondo libro della famosa serie della Archer "La Confraternita del Drago” con protagonisti tre giovani coraggiosi, testimoni involontari della morte di un grande cavaliere e ritornati da un esilio in Terra Santa pieni di propositi di vendetta.
Questa volta il protagonista è Jarrod, figlio illegittimo di un crociato inglese e una prostituta araba: un personaggio forte e coraggioso, con profonde sofferenze dovute ai suoi incerti natali e al distacco con cui è stato allontanato dal fratellastro.
Mi è piaciuto molto seguire la sua storia perché rivela una profonda sensibilità dietro il suo aspetto selvaggio. Molto toccante, in particolare, è il ricordo del suo incontro con la madre che invece di accoglierlo lo scaccerà.
Il giovane, nonostante tema molto l’effetto che la giovane Aislyn provoca in lui, non esita ad aiutarla, colpito dal grande amore fraterno che la anima.
Anche quest’ultima spicca tra le pagine per la sua bella personalità ed il coraggio con il quale affronta un viaggio insieme a Jarrod pur di riunire la sua famiglia.
Al di là della storia il cui clichè è molto simile al primo episodio della serie, questo romanzo mi ha colpito molto di più e mi è rimasto maggiormente impresso, un po’ per l’intreccio quasi giallo della vicenda, un po’ per i protagonisti principali le cui caratteristiche sono spiccate e le azioni decise; infatti, potremmo facilmente proiettare la vicenda ai nostri giorni e non trovarla antiquata.
Certamente, una delle maggiori doti di questa scrittrice è quella di rendere le sue storie sempre vivaci ed attuali.
http://www.romanticamentefantasy.it/r...
Eccoci con il secondo libro della famosa serie della Archer "La Confraternita del Drago” con protagonisti tre giovani coraggiosi, testimoni involontari della morte di un grande cavaliere e ritornati da un esilio in Terra Santa pieni di propositi di vendetta.
Questa volta il protagonista è Jarrod, figlio illegittimo di un crociato inglese e una prostituta araba: un personaggio forte e coraggioso, con profonde sofferenze dovute ai suoi incerti natali e al distacco con cui è stato allontanato dal fratellastro.
Mi è piaciuto molto seguire la sua storia perché rivela una profonda sensibilità dietro il suo aspetto selvaggio. Molto toccante, in particolare, è il ricordo del suo incontro con la madre che invece di accoglierlo lo scaccerà.
Il giovane, nonostante tema molto l’effetto che la giovane Aislyn provoca in lui, non esita ad aiutarla, colpito dal grande amore fraterno che la anima.
Anche quest’ultima spicca tra le pagine per la sua bella personalità ed il coraggio con il quale affronta un viaggio insieme a Jarrod pur di riunire la sua famiglia.
Al di là della storia il cui clichè è molto simile al primo episodio della serie, questo romanzo mi ha colpito molto di più e mi è rimasto maggiormente impresso, un po’ per l’intreccio quasi giallo della vicenda, un po’ per i protagonisti principali le cui caratteristiche sono spiccate e le azioni decise; infatti, potremmo facilmente proiettare la vicenda ai nostri giorni e non trovarla antiquata.
Certamente, una delle maggiori doti di questa scrittrice è quella di rendere le sue storie sempre vivaci ed attuali.
October 10, 2020
This current run of romances brought to you by the current month-long local library book sale and that wonderful feeling of "why not get it, it's .50c" to book after book. (Once read, I've been sneaking them back into the sale lol.)
On the one hand, garners you several 'meh' books you wouldn't have sprung for otherwise. On the moon hand, how fun is it to pick through bins and boxes of books and go home with a pile every visit. Plus, they're books you aren't attached to with expectations for whatever reason, so they're easy to read and be done with--they are as they will be, no big investment regardless.
ANYWAY
All that to say this one was ~so-so hand gesture~. Not memorable or standout. And dimmed in part because I didn't pay enough attention to see it's part of a series*, so the interconnecting plot points mentioned weren't important to me. With that tho, I won't go looking for the others.
The heroine is petite and uppermost loves family and wants to have one, and the hero is biracial and is a loner, and that's about the most important qualities to them.
That and they're super distractedly horny for one another; every interaction ends in sparks, near-sex, then-sex. And then a contrived misunderstanding to make them grumpy with one another, and then a brush with death to awaken their hearts, and done.
Two of the plot hinge resolutions are telegraphed from the moment they're introduced, so the very devices used to build conflict and tension (she's long engaged to make a necessary alliance, he is rootless) are known as nbd soon as they hit the page.
It's fine, but didn't resonate with me & I skimmed a lot. In part because it's heavy with "this is a period piece!" language and item mentions, in sort of a wallpaper approach. Also in part because all of their interactions are built around how horny they are and how much they notice it, but /must fight it/ or chalk it up to something that totes isn't horniness.
*romance as a genre often builds series as 'each book is a stand-alone story for each pairing, with small bits of plot development from before that will carry forward' so you can read them separately as you find them and not be lost, but still makes a whole if you get them all. This one was a bit heavier on prior-and-leading-to events but that didn't hinder anything
On the one hand, garners you several 'meh' books you wouldn't have sprung for otherwise. On the moon hand, how fun is it to pick through bins and boxes of books and go home with a pile every visit. Plus, they're books you aren't attached to with expectations for whatever reason, so they're easy to read and be done with--they are as they will be, no big investment regardless.
ANYWAY
All that to say this one was ~so-so hand gesture~. Not memorable or standout. And dimmed in part because I didn't pay enough attention to see it's part of a series*, so the interconnecting plot points mentioned weren't important to me. With that tho, I won't go looking for the others.
The heroine is petite and uppermost loves family and wants to have one, and the hero is biracial and is a loner, and that's about the most important qualities to them.
That and they're super distractedly horny for one another; every interaction ends in sparks, near-sex, then-sex. And then a contrived misunderstanding to make them grumpy with one another, and then a brush with death to awaken their hearts, and done.
Two of the plot hinge resolutions are telegraphed from the moment they're introduced, so the very devices used to build conflict and tension (she's long engaged to make a necessary alliance, he is rootless) are known as nbd soon as they hit the page.
It's fine, but didn't resonate with me & I skimmed a lot. In part because it's heavy with "this is a period piece!" language and item mentions, in sort of a wallpaper approach. Also in part because all of their interactions are built around how horny they are and how much they notice it, but /must fight it/ or chalk it up to something that totes isn't horniness.
*romance as a genre often builds series as 'each book is a stand-alone story for each pairing, with small bits of plot development from before that will carry forward' so you can read them separately as you find them and not be lost, but still makes a whole if you get them all. This one was a bit heavier on prior-and-leading-to events but that didn't hinder anything
July 25, 2022
I liked the leading pair of this book better than the preceding book. A few pretty steamy scenes but nothing unexpected for a historical romance novel. Good way to spend a few hundred pages.
January 11, 2011
Aislynn Greatham's brother has gone missing. He left many weeks ago on a strange mission and no one has heard word from him since. Desparate to find him Aislynn writes to one of his best friends , Jarrod Maxwell, to see if he would be willing to help. The two of them, along with a family knight for chaperone, strike out on the slimmest of clues to try and find where her brother has gone.
Aislynn Greatham is a "typical" medieval daughter to me. Obedient to her father in just about everything. Betrothed and happy about it for a political reason. She didn't seem to have much to her at first. She never really has too much more to her character, but a hidden strength and love for her family is revealed as she travels with Jarrod to find her brother.
Jarrod Maxwell has a grudge against the world. An illigitimate child of a noble and a war camp follower, he feels that the world does not accept him and that he has no place, other than that of friend to Aislynn's brother. He jumps at the chance to help his best friend and tries his best to deal with the sister that has been sent along with him. Jarrod was a fantastic character. He grows and develops with every page. He changes from a cold, hard man to a man that has learned to love and forgive by the end of the story.
The story seems to be a typical romance. Boy meets girl. Girl and boy don't like each other. Something dramatic happens and they fall in love.
2/5
Aislynn Greatham is a "typical" medieval daughter to me. Obedient to her father in just about everything. Betrothed and happy about it for a political reason. She didn't seem to have much to her at first. She never really has too much more to her character, but a hidden strength and love for her family is revealed as she travels with Jarrod to find her brother.
Jarrod Maxwell has a grudge against the world. An illigitimate child of a noble and a war camp follower, he feels that the world does not accept him and that he has no place, other than that of friend to Aislynn's brother. He jumps at the chance to help his best friend and tries his best to deal with the sister that has been sent along with him. Jarrod was a fantastic character. He grows and develops with every page. He changes from a cold, hard man to a man that has learned to love and forgive by the end of the story.
The story seems to be a typical romance. Boy meets girl. Girl and boy don't like each other. Something dramatic happens and they fall in love.
2/5
April 10, 2009
Enjoyable but not a page turner.
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