The courageous and lusty Lady Cathelin O'Cameron - known to the English as the awesome knight Blacksunne - returns boldly home from the Crusades only to discover that her family's estate of Inishowen has been usurped by a traitor. Triumphing over her enemies, the fierce Irish warrior who has never known defeat in battle surrenders her heart to a beautiful Muslim slave-girl, though her own soul is scarred deeply by a horrific wounding from the past. Dark family intrigue and jealous envy will try and tear them apart but the greatest threat comes from within. Madrigal harbors many secrets; the one closest to her heart will either bring these women together forever or rend their love asunder in a blaze of obsessive madness and murderous intent. Don't deny yourself the pleasure of the captivating adventure, heart-stopping suspense and unforgettable romance that is... The Sunne in Gold.
The author of the classics The Sunne in Golde and Black by Gaslight and the critically acclaimed Flowers of Edo: A Ghost Story, Nene Adams left behind eleven years working in the newspaper and marketing industries in the U.S., to live and work in a small village in the Netherlands with her partner, Dutch artist Corrie Kuipers. Through her fascination with the nineteenth century and earlier times, she found inspiration in the modern world as well. Nene Adams is the author of many published and online novels and stories. Her novels Barking at the Moon and The Consequence of Murder are Golden Crown Literary Society Award Winners. She is the Royal Academy of Bards 2006 Hall of Fame Author and the winner of 2012 Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award. Nene Adams passed away from a heart attack on October 3, 2015, after a long illness. Her work brought, and will continue to bring, much pleasure to readers of lesbian fiction.
This is a personal phobia but I just hate prgenancy in books (and in general) so I almost had to give up on this but powered through…
I found the writing so bad… the perspective constantly changes and makes no sense. Like each time a character is on the page we are suddenly in their perspective? It comes across as lazy and also it means every time a male is on the page we have to hear his gross sexist inner monologue. I should have counted how many times someone is called a whore in this book.
This was more uber fantasy like and so wasn't creative with character depiction but I believe it made up for it by at least maintaining a fan following of strong women and damsels in distress