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Midnight Surrender
Dara Rochambeau has been caught in a deadly plot and branded a traitor to the French king. As part of a plan to prove her innocence, she disguises herself as a nun. But no ruse can protect her from the notorious Wolfram, an English knight known for boldness in love--and war.
282 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 29, 1994
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Cordia Byers
18 books21 followersCatherine Blair (a.k.a. Cordia Byers) grew up in Texas, were she spent her high school years writing romances for her friends. She received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Cornell University and currently studies opiate addiction. No one else thinks that the pun between "heroin addiction" and "heroine addiction" is as funny as she does. Catherine is a member of the Romance Writers of America and lives with her husband in San Diego, California.
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June 19, 2026
Read: 6/8/26
Setting: King Edward III, France and England/Wales, Scotland
Trope: enemies to lovers, kidnapping, class differences
There's not much to this story
Plot: Dara's greedy cousin hopes to take advantage of the turmoil happening between France and England, by stealing as much as he can. He decides to accuse her of treachery against the King of France. Then Dara is forced into an isolated nunnery until she agrees to do his bidding. While contemplating her escape, English knights arrive looking for spies from that area. This is Dara's last chance to learn something useful about the English to regain the king's favor. Of course, she is quickily caught and taken hostage.
Wolfram was hoping to ransom back the irritatingly beautiful woman, but the Black Prince vetoes that idea because Dara's cousin is their secret ally. Now, he's stuck and has to bring Dara to his new home in England. Hopefully, the French King will pay her ransom soon. Wolfram already has enough trouble fighting his new neighbors, who are determined to claim his property, he doesn't need to watch this tempting baggage 24/7. Slowly, this couple stop fighting and finally give into all that sexual tension that has been brewing between them. it was beautiful! Unfortunately, the past soon re- emmerges to threaten the MC's happiness.
****
The 1st half of this book was filled with so much angst that I almost dnf. The story needed something or someone to soften the constant tension between the couple. Now, the 2nd half was so much better! The pacing and romance were a huge improvement thanks to the secondary characters and the H's mysterious parentage solved.
Sidenote: I wish the author had kept the book's setting in France and the plot had been focused on stopping her cousin, King Chales of Navarro. He was nicknamed Charles the bad for a reason! It was a wasted opportunity not to focus on such an excited time in history!
Conclusion: though there wasn't anything special about this book, it had some entertaining parts.
Setting: King Edward III, France and England/Wales, Scotland
Trope: enemies to lovers, kidnapping, class differences
There's not much to this story
Plot: Dara's greedy cousin hopes to take advantage of the turmoil happening between France and England, by stealing as much as he can. He decides to accuse her of treachery against the King of France. Then Dara is forced into an isolated nunnery until she agrees to do his bidding. While contemplating her escape, English knights arrive looking for spies from that area. This is Dara's last chance to learn something useful about the English to regain the king's favor. Of course, she is quickily caught and taken hostage.
Wolfram was hoping to ransom back the irritatingly beautiful woman, but the Black Prince vetoes that idea because Dara's cousin is their secret ally. Now, he's stuck and has to bring Dara to his new home in England. Hopefully, the French King will pay her ransom soon. Wolfram already has enough trouble fighting his new neighbors, who are determined to claim his property, he doesn't need to watch this tempting baggage 24/7. Slowly, this couple stop fighting and finally give into all that sexual tension that has been brewing between them. it was beautiful! Unfortunately, the past soon re- emmerges to threaten the MC's happiness.
****
The 1st half of this book was filled with so much angst that I almost dnf. The story needed something or someone to soften the constant tension between the couple. Now, the 2nd half was so much better! The pacing and romance were a huge improvement thanks to the secondary characters and the H's mysterious parentage solved.
Sidenote: I wish the author had kept the book's setting in France and the plot had been focused on stopping her cousin, King Chales of Navarro. He was nicknamed Charles the bad for a reason! It was a wasted opportunity not to focus on such an excited time in history!
Conclusion: though there wasn't anything special about this book, it had some entertaining parts.
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