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Brinlaw #3

by Jayel Wylie

Anglie, fiktivní hrad Glencairn, 1196.
Aiden Brinlaw je opravdový rytíř – hezký, odvážný a neohrožený a za své hrdinské činy se mu dostalo velké odměny: má se oženit s královskou princeznou. Než k tomu však dojde, Aiden dostane od prince Jana ještě jeden úkol – má potvrdit nárok anglického království na hrad hluboko na území Skotska. Domnívá se, že pro člověka jeho schopností to bude jednoduché, dokud se nesetká se svou soupeřkou, krásnou lady Evelyn. Tato dcera skotského zemana požaduje hrad Glencairn pro svého syna. Nic ji nedonutí opustit domov svých předků a k dosažení svého cíle je ochotná využít všech ženských zbraní. Román je volným pokračováním úspěšných příběhů Tajemství sokolího hradu a Nebezpečné kouzlo.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Historical

265 pages, Hardcover

First published August 26, 2003

About the author

Pseudonym:
Lucy Blue

Jayel Wylie lives in Chester, South Carolina, her hometown. In addition to her fiction writing, she works for a local solicitor, i.e., district attorney, as a legal assistant for narcotics and juvenile crime cases. When she isn't writing, working her day job, or recovering from both by lying on the couch watching cable, she enjoys needlework, painting, and traditional Southern cooking. So far she isn't married, but she revels in spoiling her friends' children rotten and intends to have a family of her own just as soon as she can find the time and a suitable sweetheart. An avid believer in true love as a reality as well as a concept, she figures it's only a matter of time.

Reviews

[Paranormal Romance · Rating 3 out of 5]

As the second son, Aiden never had anything promised to him. No direct inheritance of any property or money. So, when King John offers him land and a wife who is a princess, Aiden jumps at the opportunity. The only catch, he needs to secure his holdings from the Scottish villagers creating problems on his property. Traveling to Scotland with determination, he instead finds himself struck dump by the beauty of one of the castles inhabitants.

Evelyn is the daughter of a Scottish Laid but she herself hold no title. She was engaged to the previous English lord who went off to battle to die, leaving her with nothing but an illegitimate son and soured reputation. Now that a new Englishman has come to claim to property, Evie imagines she’ll be thrown out into the cold…but instead, he seems just as attracted to her as she is to him. Sure, he’s looking for a mistress but Evie is determined to be a wife.

So, they both go about trying to seduce one another. One for a fuck and one for a proposal. Feelings will hurt, especially when Evie finds out about Aiden’s betrothed. Will love manage to bring them together or drive them further apart?

I enjoyed this book but it had its flaws. Mainly, the whole fae and magic bit which was ironically when drew me to the book in the first place. I found the whole fae and magician thing silly and not really fitting in with the story as a whole. The majority of book is spent of 2 people using each other for their own gain. Aiden is a self-centered man whore with a kindness streak. Evie is a woman in a time where women had ZERO rights, using what she has to protect herself and her son. Both not great people but good people. Aiden just happens to be a wizard. There just happens to be a link between Evie and the fae. I could have done without those last 2 bits.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. It's romantic and dynamic.
I have lots of bookmarked pages with passages I love for different reasons.