Two warring families, one widow who has forgotten her family's hatred, one powerful knight determined to reclaim his family's castle and a wife to rule it beside him. No one will stop him not her father, his king or the lady herself.
The Warrior's
A baron and his daughters are dead, slaughtered on the king's road, when the sheriff should have kept the peace. Can his ungainly daughter solve the mystery of their deaths before the baron's grieving widow and his bastard son wreak vengeance on her father, the man they hold responsible?
The Warrior's
One knight's widow trapped at court and longing for home, one common-born knight determined to marry her. Add a king who enjoys turning his subjects into pawns and let the game begin.
Denise Domning's knowledge of this era makes her novels stand out. The realistic portrayal of a King's Ward's life makes any woman born today thankful. Not just a King's Ward either. Women of that time were lucky if they had a father or husband who cared for them. They were no more than chattels. It should be remembered that, until Queen Elizabeth (then Princess) married Prince Philip, the adding vows for women were to love, honour and obey! Each if these heroines were lucky to find love but in different ways. Maybe it was because the first two married bastards and the last a commoner, none of whom were of great standing in the world of the time. I have to say that I found this box set to be extremely enjoyable.
Whenever I start to read any Denise Domning novel I cannot put it down! 2:30 am bedtimes become a regular occurrence! I adore her writing style and her ability to draw me in to her characters lives! She makes me want to live in medieval times!
I enjoyed this series. I liked the first two books in the series the best because they seemed to move at a faster pace. Ami and Michael's story seemed drag on far too long
I enjoyed the first two books, but the third just really lost me. Overall, the stories are good quality and very well set in the time period. I would consider more books by this author.
Overall this collection is a solid 3 stars. Warrior's Game was the best of the three and Warrior's Maiden was the weakest. Although this is a series, each story stands on it's own with only minor references to the other books. Someone could easily read these out of sequence and not at all feel as if they were missing out on some vital part of the story.