Emerald Knight

by Michelle M. Pillow

This book has been re-released through The Raven Books
This novel contains adult content. Must be 18 years or older to read.
Kindle
B003WEAJ66

Emerald Knight 1460962176
978-1460962176

Genres: Historical Romance, Historical, Medieval, Romance, Ebooks, Friends To Lovers, Audiobook

268 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2005

About the author

New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author of All Things Romance
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Michelle M. Pillow is a bestselling author with millions of books sold worldwide. She is known for her romantasy, paranormal and sci-fi romance and paranormal women’s fiction.

Her bestselling series includes Dragon Lords, Lords of the Var, Warlocks MacGregor, Tribes of the Vampire, Realm Immortal, Order of Magic, and Merely Mortal.

Recent News:
Pan Macmillan Tor Bramble acquired world rights to her Realm Immortal (romantasy, high fantasy enemies-to-lovers) and Tribes of the Vampire (urban romantasy, gothic vampire seduction) series for new print, audio, and translation editions starting 2026.

A hybrid author (traditional + indie), Michelle is a #1 Amazon bestseller, 2006 RT Reviewers' Choice Award winner, Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award nominee, and HOLT Medallion recipient.

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Michelle loves to travel and try new things, whether it’s a paranormal investigation of an old Vaudeville Theatre or climbing Mayan temples in Belize. She’s addicted to movies and used to drive her mother crazy while quoting random scenes with her brother. She is the very proud mom to the most talented artist. Though it has yet to happen, her dream is to be a zombie in a horror movie. (She came close as a refugee extra on SyFy’s Z Nation, Fall 2016!) She is involved with various film and historical documentary projects with her filmmaker husband.

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Reviews

[LuvBug · Rating 2 out of 5]

The hero and heroine in this book just bored me for some reason. I think the pace of the book had alot to do with it. It was just too slow. You know a book is boring when not even a cheating hero can make you feel something.

[Izzie d · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loads of angst. A different time for the roles of men and women. Not many women would have put up with Wolfe's behaviour today. Not my thing.

[Space Cowgirl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Duty Call🐺🍆⛲💪🔪💀or Stand By Your Man💔💕
It's All About The Politics
ADULT Historical Medieval🏰🔪 Romance💕 and Adventure🔪💪.
Wessex, England 1171 AD.
Ginevra👶, A baby girl, is betrothed to youngster,Wolfe, the second son of the Earl of Whetshire. Her father is Baron Southaven, and the contract is purely for political reasons.

1179 AD. Ginevra is now 8 and Wolfe is 16🐺. Wolfe and Ginevra's brother Robert are done with fostering and ready to go to the crusades, to Jerusalem as young knights.

1187 AD. Now Ginevra is 16 and Wolfe is 24 . They finally get married, but Wolfe🐺🍆⛲💪🔪 arrives hours and hours late and he's a drunken,muddy mess. Ginevra💃💋💔 is dismayed and angry. She wants a husband who cares for her, not a callous man who beds the maids in the castle 🏰 and thinks nothing of it..

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Opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

This book does have numerous instances of ADULT cheating by Wolfe🐺🍆⛲💪🔪 in it. I have mixed feelings about this, but realize it was common since men had all the power in those days. There were also continuity problems with Wolfe's errant manly behavior.

The book spans a long time period of many years. The relationship between Wolfe🐺🍆⛲💪🔪 and Ginevra💃💋 was stupid and frustrating at times, and her shrewishness got OLD . There was one situation after another created by the author where the two would fight and then have hate s* x.

Not my kind of story. There were parts of it that were illogical and frustrating, although some of it was quite emotional. It seemed to go on and on, like the author couldn't come up with an ending. Both characters were unlikable most of the time!

[Marta Cox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok it’s no secret that I loved the Dragon Lords series by this author so I’ve been trying to give her other books a go. This one is apparently one of her earlier releases but as historical romance has recently taken screens by storm with Outlander and more recently Bridgerton I was keen to see if this would entertain me.
I wavered at times between laughing at Gin and wanting to shake my head at her. However she’s a product of her times I guess and clearly a spoiled child although her absolute innocence was laughable because I’m pretty sure with animals and livestock she would know about what constitutes consumption when it comes to marriage ! Wolfe was just unlikeable and his frequent ahem dalliances even on his wedding night didn’t help. I won’t elaborate what happens but this couple frequently have misunderstandings that made this reader feel like banging their heads together. Their antics as children were charming but as adults they just made me wish I hadn’t started this book. Sadly not my favourite book by this author but as I originally stated it’s an older book and I know authors and their writing often matures so I will continue with her more recent series.
This is a voluntary take on a copy I requested.

[Vanessa · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars

Wolfram was pledged to marry Ginevra when they are very young. He doesn’t really want to wed her but he will do his duty. Of course, she had big dreams as well. She claims she wants to travel and she acts as though she is just one of the guys. So this story started out very promising. Then we are treated to brief glimpses of their lives then huge jumps, years, of other things taking place. Wolfe and Gin do act as children when they are younger, however he continues to act as someone that doesn’t really act like the typical alpha H of medieval romances. Wolfe came across as completely shallow and someone that had to be directed and advised on how to behave w/ Gin. He still exhibits some of this shallowness in his reaction to discovering what his wife has gifted him w/ towards the end of the story and how quickly he was to forgive her as well.

Apparently Wolfe has some BDSM tendencies, but these are never revealed in this story and the other scenes of the characters coming together got a bit boring. Gin’s older brother, Robert, interferes several times throughout this story and it just made Wolfe appear weaker because of it. I know why he believed him, but I just wanted him to put some of his so called knowledge of women to use! After all, he appeared to get around a LOT so surely he would have picked something up.

Gin wasn’t much better. I kept wondering what happened to that feisty, childlike woman who played jokes and pranks on Wolfe when they were younger. Yes, she wanted to be a proper noble wife, but I find it hard to believe that she could completely bury her natural tendencies. She had opportunities to enact some of that and when I thought she would at one point, in Wolfe’s tent, she didn’t!! I also found it hard to believe that Wolfe could bury his BDSM element as well. It would seem that neither of them could truly be themselves in the end. They didn’t hold true to their inner selves, and they seemed to change to quickly for other things and were too trusting to boot.

I kept feeling that when Wolfe and Gin would have a conversation where their inner depths would be explored and we would get somewhere, but instead I felt like it was just skimming the surface and I was left wondering how these two could possibly love each other. They hardly spent much time together and those conversations of getting to know each other . . . weren’t played out in the pages of this story, at least not for me.

Overall it wasn’t a bad story, (I got bored if you must know - but I finished it), but it just felt like it needed to be tightened up and the whole villain thing could have been played out better. This is a medieval story and while some things sounded right for the time other things didn’t ring true or make a lot of sense to me. I didn’t like the feeling that characters would just pop in and out w/ no rhyme or reason. These characters were more like a plot device that would quickly be discarded once they had served their purpose w/ no explanation for their disappearance and I found that a bit frustrating as I wanted some resolution for some of these characters.

[Jennifer Lowrance · Rating 5 out of 5]

The interaction and chemistry between the characters, along with the details on character development as they got older was great. Describing the scenes and the characters emotions and the how/why of said emotions without over doing it, was amazing! I loved this book, I couldn’t wait to see what would be said or done next.

[B.A. Malisch · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s very melodramatic, but still sometimes adorable. If you’re reading this, you should try the author’s more current works. They are fantastic. This is also a decent read, randomly fun, just not spectacular.

[wrkatreading · Rating 3 out of 5]

😒

Not to bad. I didn’t think it worth 6.99. So I would call it a historical romp. Just so so.

[Sandra Dagg · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one took me a while to read, only because 'real life' intervened a great deal over the course of the book. This was a lengthy story, beginning in the heroine's childhood, and carrying through to her happy ever after. I loved this book! It was well written, a beautiful story....and I spent a great deal of time wanting to throttle the hero and heroine for being so stupidly stubborn! It was a great read though, and I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes medieval romance. This book has scenes of sexual intimacy, so if you are looking for a 'clean read', you should be aware that this is not one of those books, but I will definitely read this one again...it's a keeper.

[Lady Jaye · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars, really. A lot of promise belied by filler and plot twists that were stupid and annoying rather than clever. So much potential wasted, smh

[Mia Burke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Michelle M. Pillow’s “Emerald Knight” is one of the authors earlier books. This is a beautiful love story that spans years, well meaning interfering relatives and many tribulations.

This is the story of a political alliance made with the birth of Lady Ginevra betrothed as an infant to Lord Wolfram, second son to the Count of Whetshire who is eight years her senior. I loved the interactions between Gin and Wolf as children.

I struggled with the parts of the story such as Wolfe being late For his own wedding because he was busy dallying with the maid and then rather spending his wedding night consummating his marriage, again he’s with a maid. But bear in mind he wasn’t interested in getting married anyway, he was doing his duty or was he?

I found the characters well developed and while I struggled with Wolfe in the beginning in the end he was the hero I expected. Gin was a woman of incredible strength and one to be admired. The problem between them was always miscommunication or lack of which led to frustrations and misunderstandings. Once these two actually opened up about their feelings and emotions, realizing they do love one another after all this beautiful love story unfolds.

The writing was well done though I found a a few places where the wrong word was used or misspelled I wasn’t distracted from the story. There was an instance or two where I felt a modern phrase was used but again this is one of the authors first books. That being said, I still loved the book! I look forward to reading more of the authors medical stories.

Her research was well done and I think her characterizations were accurate for the time period. I laughed, I cried and felt the emotions that ran through the story. As a sidenote, I’ve read many of her latest books and enjoy her writing style and stories.

Thank you so much Ms. Pillow for the beautiful love story. I look forward to reading more of your medieval books.

[FD · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lady Ginevra-Gin - and Lord Wolfram-Wolf - have been engaged since Ginevra’s birth. The interaction between both children is described very well and entertaining in the beginning of the story. When the big day comes, Wolf decides not to consumate the marriage, partly under the influence of his good friend, Ginevra’s brother. What he does decide to do leaves a nasty taste with Gin and the reader.
Years later they meet again at a tournament. Wolf is now quite impressed with his wife. Yet he cannot stay with her because he has made a promise to join the Crusades. Ginevra is left alone again and years later, when Wolf returns, it becomes a difficult but eventually happy reunion. Wolf is not necessarily a pleasant man, probably a man of his time. Do I think Wolf should be more remorseful and considerate after his dealings with Gin? Yes I think so. But would it also be a more pleasant book? I do not know. Because no matter how indignant I am about Wolf’s behavior, no matter how much time and misunderstandings pass between the two, I think it’s a good book. Nice structure, nice writing style, exciting, romantic and well-described emotions.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love these types of stories. Drama. Romance. Battles. Love. Honor. Villains. Heroes. All the good stuff. So Emerald Knight isn’t what you expect: Knight with emerald green eyes or armor or banner colors. No this is a Knight whose bride has emerald colored eyes and he finally realizes he’s in love. It takes a lot for these two betrothed to fall in love and their journey is an interesting one. It gives me a slight Robin Hood storytelling feel - the noble Knight fights for God, King and Country and gets captured only to return home to chaos. Fighting against the outlaws and “bad guys”, he finds himself a purpose. There are chapters that end on cliffhangers and thankfully they are revisited later with the outcome. It’s a bad case of commercial during a favorite program when you want to know happens next. Lovely feeling. Future Earl of Whetshire, Lord Knight Wolfram “Wolfe” and Lady Ginevra of Southaven make a wonderful story.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[JoJo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emerald Knight is a standalone novel by Michelle M. Pillow.

This is a Medieval Historical Romance. I normally do not read historical romances, but I have been trying to expand my likes. So I gave this a go.

Ginevra and Wolfram was betrothed with each other for political reasons. The Earl of Whetshire and Baron Southaven wanted this joining.

Wolfram is much older than Ginevra, so he did not really see her much rather than a nuisance. Throughout their lives, their interactions were limited and with Wolfram not taking their engagement and later on marriage seriously, Ginevra was not expecting much from her husband.

This was a very lengthy book with a lot of details. The story is a slow burn with how the story progresses. This was different from what I normally read and it took me a minute to understand the language. Overall, I think that this was a very interesting book.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the pleasure of listening to this on audio and I must say the audio really brought the story to life. Although the book is a long one you will find it had to put down and can't wait to get back to it. The chemistry between the 2 lead characters is always present. This trials of the time are so evident and Michelle M. Pillow nailed it. Lady Ginevra says I spent my life waiting for him, waiting to marry him, waiting to bed him and waiting for him to come home. And that so would have been her life then. I love what a strong character she was. Of course also typical of this time was arranged marriages and politeness. So much was always left unsaid between her and Wolf for fear of getting hurt.

[Judi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like that this story begins at Ginevra’s birth, and Wolfe is eight years old. I really felt like I knew these characters. Seeing them grow up, it seemed Gin was always teasing Wolfe and he didn’t know how to take it. Throughout their lives others were telling them how to treat each other or how to act. At one point, maybe more than one point, I wanted to throw my ereader in frustration. But isn’t that the point of good storytelling, you get so involved with the characters you get emotional. This tale takes you back into this age and the scenes are set up so realistically. If you like historicals with some bite don’t miss this one.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Over all good book ... Gin been engaged to wolfe since she was baby .. Over the years these two got into mischief with each other with thier age difference of 8 years. Wolfe is a male whore basically and takes seeing his wife fully grown and beautiful then all the other women to wanna change his ways. But Gin has caught her husband with other women before he left of the 3 years before running into each other at a tournament .

Be honest it not a favorite of mine and i do enjoy this author other works. This one had a lot of potential but it was just to much back and forth with the characters .

[Jan L · Rating 3 out of 5]

Conflicted

The best part of this book took place when the main characters were children -very funny interactions then. Wish there had been more of those. There was way too much time where the hero and heroine were apart. The hero didn't seem to know his own mind, allowed too much interference from a friend. I almost gave it up near when the hero failed to show up at a key point, because why exactly? I found that situation ridiculous rather than suspenseful. This book was an okay, even enjoyable read but not something I'd want to read over and over.

[Kimberly Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. Michelle M. Pillow does an awesome job of making you feel the pain Ginevra goes through when she thinks Wolfram is dead. I love how strong Ginevera was even when she was in so much pain. I love how the as the story progresses you can see how they start to love and trust each other. This was a very interesting book and I loved reading it. I felt Ginevra emotions along with Wolfram's when he didn't think she loved him.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Shayay · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ginevra and Wolfram were betrothed as kids; Wolfram is not really on board with the whole thing, so he acts horribly. Wolfram sucks as a hero; being a butthead and a cheater being a couple of issues, so I just didn’t enjoy this read mainly because of him. I don’t care if the marriage is arranged; cheating is a no-no, if you weren’t going to be a decent person to your wife, then you should’ve manned up and not gotten married. I just overall didn’t like the vibe to this story and its characters. I’m probably just not really a fan of historical type romances. This just wasn’t for me.

[Judy Gittleson Hendrickson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wolfram (8) was pledged to marry Ginevra (baby) at any early age. They had times together while young, but then not until she turned 15 and they married. By then, he was popular with the ladies and not interested in her. Time flashes by and then they come together 3 years later. The characters and storyline were great and span a lot of time. Plenty of surprises, twists and intense emotions along the way. Hard to put down once you start reading.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Jennine · Rating 5 out of 5]

IMPRESSIVE SAGA, ROMANCE AND TRIBULATION.
I am impressed with the telling of these two family's entwined lives as they live under the rules of the age. At times a heart wrenching story for this innocent raised in a time when young girls were a commodity to be traded. Betrothed at birth and taught duty pertaining to her one purpose in life I was distressed with and for her at the day of her wedding as you will discover for yourself. However you will find your empathies spread over them all and will come to be fond of many before the story ends. Recommended

[Anamika · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a nice HR erotica I’d say.
Robert h’s brother is mad, frustratingly annoying. Why does he have to butt between H & h like all the time. I wish I could kick him. He should keep his butt where it belonged. And… His dumb enough to listen to Robert every time. H is a man of low self esteem.
The unreal thing was that H went from light bdsm to no sex at all. This fact was very disappointing/absurd.

I still give it a 4* because I felt strongly for both H n h. I enjoyed reading the book till the last page. Did not skip pages. This means the book was written very well to keep me interested.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I loved the story, I felt that there was too much time spent apart. How could Gin fall in love with such an inconsistent man when she spent no time with him? The time they did spend together was spent with misunderstandings between them. Even so, there were a lot of entertaining parts and it kept me reading until the end.

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[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whetshire Fortress, Wessex, 1171 A.D. Lady Ginevra has been betrothed to Lord Wolfram, second son to the Count of Whetshire since birth. But Wolf does not want to do it. I enjoyed seeing their story come together with all of its twists and turns, there is suspense, drama, danger, a villain, and romance. I found the story to be well worth reading and I would recommend. I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book - one of the best I've read in a long time! The hero and the heroine faced many obstacles, loved that they were introduced to us as children and we watched them grow and develop. Romance, intrigue, battles, heroes, what more could you want? Didn't want to put it down, sad when it ended. Loved this one!

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[Amber K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Knights, romance, battles, kings and villians - Emerald Knight is a great historical romance read!!
This story has so much angst, I didn't want to put it down. Wolf (Wolfram) and Gin (Ginevra) have so many obstacles between them, it doesn't seem like anything is going to work out. Rich detail and well written, you get pulled right into the story. Loved the audio narration. It was a perfect match for this story!!

[Tricia S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two teens are betrothed, the girl being a tomboy, hates it. This book is a great steamy historical romance. The story was a delight to listen to and the steamy parts were easy to tune out. This story reminded me of robin hood kinda. This is more like an enemies to lovers steamy romance. Like all the other novels Michelle M Pillow writes, I like the stories she comes up with and I like her writing. This is a book for all the people who like steamy romances.

[Lydia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is truly an emotional story, set in historical times. You will laugh and cry as you travel through life with these characters. Michelle M Pillow has done a wonderful job in creating this world and has given us believable characters.

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[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved how this story told how many arranged marriages probably worked and how often both husband and wife often acted out of duty and most often rarely love. Gin and Wolfe start marriage on rocky ground and must go through many trials. I felt for both of them as they lived their lives separately and together.