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Powerful warriors of nobility and honor, the Knights of the Round Table fought for king and country, rescued damsels, and went on dangerous quests. But true love may be the most perilous quest of all...
Sir Geraint is one of King Arthur's ablest knights but is considered impulsive by his father, the king of Cornwall. When he rashly marries Enid, a beautiful and mysterious swordswoman, Geraint's decision sparks questions about whether the love that's captured his heart so suddenly is a blessing-or a curse...
Used to the gentle ladies of Camelot, Geraint is at once infatuated with and suspicious of his bride, a strong and independent warrior woman, gifted with magic powers by the Lady of the Lake. Enid has come to Camelot to secretly learn the fighting techniques that may help her small, peaceful tribe resist a rumored invasion. When she realizes that Geraint may not trust her, Enid is torn between fierce loyalty to her people and a powerful love for her husband that no magic can cure.
Fearing that Enid has been deceiving him, Geraint takes her on a dangerous journey that will not only test her true feelings but determine whether the differences that attracted them will fuse into a real, long-lasting love-or tear them apart and ignite a senseless war between their two kingdoms...
Sir Geraint is one of King Arthur's ablest knights but is considered impulsive by his father, the king of Cornwall. When he rashly marries Enid, a beautiful and mysterious swordswoman, Geraint's decision sparks questions about whether the love that's captured his heart so suddenly is a blessing-or a curse...
Used to the gentle ladies of Camelot, Geraint is at once infatuated with and suspicious of his bride, a strong and independent warrior woman, gifted with magic powers by the Lady of the Lake. Enid has come to Camelot to secretly learn the fighting techniques that may help her small, peaceful tribe resist a rumored invasion. When she realizes that Geraint may not trust her, Enid is torn between fierce loyalty to her people and a powerful love for her husband that no magic can cure.
Fearing that Enid has been deceiving him, Geraint takes her on a dangerous journey that will not only test her true feelings but determine whether the differences that attracted them will fuse into a real, long-lasting love-or tear them apart and ignite a senseless war between their two kingdoms...
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First published January 1, 2007
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July 22, 2025
While traveling to rejoin King Arthur in Camelot, the stumbles upon 3 men attacking a woman. Before he can jump in to protect her, he’s stunned to see this warrior woman make short work of her opponents. She is beautiful, taller than a typical woman and he views her like a goddess. Mayhap he is bewitched but he doesn’t much care. He fancies himself in love with this woman and tells her as such.
The heroine is on a mission from her people and she holds her secrets tight to her chest. The manner in which this man looks at her though is both unnerving and compelling. She’s always been a warrior first and a woman second but with him, she feels beautiful and alluring not brutish or manly. He is charming and very sweet and the way in which he wants to protect her is a strange sort of comfort to a woman whose used to taking care of herself. She tries to remind herself that the love between them cannot possibly be so strong after only a day of acquaintance but neither can she find it in her heart to turn him away. Though to her people sex is not as taboo as with his and she would have offered herself willingly without a proposal, the hero convinces her that they must marry.
The heroes father has always spoken of his recklessness and his fellow soldiers look at him oddly but the hero is convinced that this woman is the love of his life. No more will she need to fight or train like a man, she has him to protect her and shelter her all her days. He doesn’t understand why she can’t see that. She, in a bid to make her new husband happy, vows to not train while at Camelot but she tells him that she was not forced to fight for her people but rather chosen. A warrior is who she is and it’s not something she is ashamed of.
Eventually, within the fortnight, tense begins creep into their blissful marriage. The hero begins to doubt his new wife. She keeps secrets from him, secrets of her motivation for being in Camelot and secrets of her life before their marriage. Her customs are strange to him and therefore, he begins to regret their hasty marriage. The heroine is pained by her husband’s sudden coldness towards her. He no long laughs with her or shows her affection. They are like strangers. Now journeying to his father’s kingdom, the pair truly sees that their marriage was a mask. Both are silent more most of the time but what words are spoken are tense. Everything said is taken as an argument. She doesn’t want it to be this way. She loves this man and he loves her. If only he can see that no matter how hasty their marriage was, at the heart, it is true. No longer will she hide who she is from him. No more will she try to suppress her abilities because they offend his sensibilities. The hero sees the error of his ways. He was selfish and dismissive of her. He never really took the time to know her as she is but rather tried to see her how he wanted her to be. That was wrong of him. And he’s determined to love her and show her his love before he loses the one thing in his life worth keeping.
This author has a gift for creating characters and having them evolve and develop as the story goes on. This hero was kind but rather ignorant. He saw the heroine that day in the woods and convinced himself that he loved her. He was always reckless and no matter what anyone tried to tell him, he told himself that this woman was to be his woman. In a way, I think he truly did fall in love with her but it was a bit of s shallow love. He didn't love her for her, he loved her strength and her warrior beauty. But when push came to shove, he tried to suppress that which he initially fell in love with. It was well meaning but it was wrong. He tried to mold her into his wife, the woman he thought he wanted. He tried to protect her by getting her to deny her warrior gifts and in the process, his eyes were opened. He went from charming and a bit obsessive to cold shoulder. He was very childish in how he treated her. He didn't take the time to get to know the woman he loved. It was only when he began to see the error of his ways much later in the book that he even asked after her family. But he did redeem himself. He accepted not only her warrior gifts but also her magical gifts as well. Then he began to see the true love between them. The heroine was a lovely character. She both embraced her warrior gifts and restricted them. When asked, she willingly suppressed herself to please her husband. I think she was horribly insecure so she was happy to do as her husband wanted because he was the first man to show her love. I liked her more when she was able to embrace herself and let the hero accept her or not as he wanted. The moral of the story was lovely and deep. I enjoyed this pairing as they went from love struck fools to almost enemies before finding a more lasting love later on. Great story.
The heroine is on a mission from her people and she holds her secrets tight to her chest. The manner in which this man looks at her though is both unnerving and compelling. She’s always been a warrior first and a woman second but with him, she feels beautiful and alluring not brutish or manly. He is charming and very sweet and the way in which he wants to protect her is a strange sort of comfort to a woman whose used to taking care of herself. She tries to remind herself that the love between them cannot possibly be so strong after only a day of acquaintance but neither can she find it in her heart to turn him away. Though to her people sex is not as taboo as with his and she would have offered herself willingly without a proposal, the hero convinces her that they must marry.
The heroes father has always spoken of his recklessness and his fellow soldiers look at him oddly but the hero is convinced that this woman is the love of his life. No more will she need to fight or train like a man, she has him to protect her and shelter her all her days. He doesn’t understand why she can’t see that. She, in a bid to make her new husband happy, vows to not train while at Camelot but she tells him that she was not forced to fight for her people but rather chosen. A warrior is who she is and it’s not something she is ashamed of.
Eventually, within the fortnight, tense begins creep into their blissful marriage. The hero begins to doubt his new wife. She keeps secrets from him, secrets of her motivation for being in Camelot and secrets of her life before their marriage. Her customs are strange to him and therefore, he begins to regret their hasty marriage. The heroine is pained by her husband’s sudden coldness towards her. He no long laughs with her or shows her affection. They are like strangers. Now journeying to his father’s kingdom, the pair truly sees that their marriage was a mask. Both are silent more most of the time but what words are spoken are tense. Everything said is taken as an argument. She doesn’t want it to be this way. She loves this man and he loves her. If only he can see that no matter how hasty their marriage was, at the heart, it is true. No longer will she hide who she is from him. No more will she try to suppress her abilities because they offend his sensibilities. The hero sees the error of his ways. He was selfish and dismissive of her. He never really took the time to know her as she is but rather tried to see her how he wanted her to be. That was wrong of him. And he’s determined to love her and show her his love before he loses the one thing in his life worth keeping.
This author has a gift for creating characters and having them evolve and develop as the story goes on. This hero was kind but rather ignorant. He saw the heroine that day in the woods and convinced himself that he loved her. He was always reckless and no matter what anyone tried to tell him, he told himself that this woman was to be his woman. In a way, I think he truly did fall in love with her but it was a bit of s shallow love. He didn't love her for her, he loved her strength and her warrior beauty. But when push came to shove, he tried to suppress that which he initially fell in love with. It was well meaning but it was wrong. He tried to mold her into his wife, the woman he thought he wanted. He tried to protect her by getting her to deny her warrior gifts and in the process, his eyes were opened. He went from charming and a bit obsessive to cold shoulder. He was very childish in how he treated her. He didn't take the time to get to know the woman he loved. It was only when he began to see the error of his ways much later in the book that he even asked after her family. But he did redeem himself. He accepted not only her warrior gifts but also her magical gifts as well. Then he began to see the true love between them. The heroine was a lovely character. She both embraced her warrior gifts and restricted them. When asked, she willingly suppressed herself to please her husband. I think she was horribly insecure so she was happy to do as her husband wanted because he was the first man to show her love. I liked her more when she was able to embrace herself and let the hero accept her or not as he wanted. The moral of the story was lovely and deep. I enjoyed this pairing as they went from love struck fools to almost enemies before finding a more lasting love later on. Great story.
August 15, 2019
I had great expectations starting out, it dragged in the middle and just petered out at the end.
June 3, 2019
3.75 stars.
This is a slightly less well known Arthurian knight; the tale of Sir Geraint and Lady Enide is less popular than those of Lancelot or Gawain. At its core, it concerns a knight who has a falling out with his wife because he believes she's shamed him, but they go on a harrowing journey together during which she saves him multiple times despite his orders not to speak, and they eventually reconcile.
In this version, diplomat Geraint and warrior tribeswoman Enid meet and quickly discover a passion, and impulsively decide to marry before they discover that pretty much all their assumptions about the other were wrong. So they have a lot of mistrust to work through, but each in their own way they're committed to making the marriage work and aren't willing to give up on each other. It's a different kind of love story, and while their distrust did get frustrating sometimes it is still compelling. The "not speaking" thing here just manifests as tension between them--Geraint never actually orders Enid not to talk the way he does in the original story.
This could very well be in the same universe as Lancelot and Gawain since neither of them make an appearance and King Arthur himself only warrants the briefest of cameos. Most of the other characters I don't recognize out of the Arthurian tales I know, either, so this is much more its own, standalone thing.
This is a slightly less well known Arthurian knight; the tale of Sir Geraint and Lady Enide is less popular than those of Lancelot or Gawain. At its core, it concerns a knight who has a falling out with his wife because he believes she's shamed him, but they go on a harrowing journey together during which she saves him multiple times despite his orders not to speak, and they eventually reconcile.
In this version, diplomat Geraint and warrior tribeswoman Enid meet and quickly discover a passion, and impulsively decide to marry before they discover that pretty much all their assumptions about the other were wrong. So they have a lot of mistrust to work through, but each in their own way they're committed to making the marriage work and aren't willing to give up on each other. It's a different kind of love story, and while their distrust did get frustrating sometimes it is still compelling. The "not speaking" thing here just manifests as tension between them--Geraint never actually orders Enid not to talk the way he does in the original story.
This could very well be in the same universe as Lancelot and Gawain since neither of them make an appearance and King Arthur himself only warrants the briefest of cameos. Most of the other characters I don't recognize out of the Arthurian tales I know, either, so this is much more its own, standalone thing.
January 25, 2015
Hmmm...
Not quite as good as the previous - that whole Great Misunderstanding thing runs through the entire book. The H runs into a lone warrior woman(!) fending off bandits. He ASS-YOU-MEs that she's been forced to learn to defend herself, perhaps pressed into service, etc. He presses for marriage - to rescue her from herself or something - drags her to Camelot to show her what she's missing (how chivalrous of him...), ASS-YOU-MEs that since she's no virgin, that she's possibly been raped and well... as he finds out more about his new bride, he becomes increasingly distrustful, judgmental, etc.
The highlight might have been when he found out that, as part of her warrior woman duties (this was a bonafide position in her tribe), she got to give brief instruction in the art of intimacy to her pupil, he pretty much called her a whore. Mmmm boy.
And yet, she saved his life, several times in fact. Of course, she also punched him in the jaw for calling her that. Knocked him on his keester in fact. So it wasn't ALL bad. And, eventually, he came to accept her as she was.
Not quite as good as the previous - that whole Great Misunderstanding thing runs through the entire book. The H runs into a lone warrior woman(!) fending off bandits. He ASS-YOU-MEs that she's been forced to learn to defend herself, perhaps pressed into service, etc. He presses for marriage - to rescue her from herself or something - drags her to Camelot to show her what she's missing (how chivalrous of him...), ASS-YOU-MEs that since she's no virgin, that she's possibly been raped and well... as he finds out more about his new bride, he becomes increasingly distrustful, judgmental, etc.
The highlight might have been when he found out that, as part of her warrior woman duties (this was a bonafide position in her tribe), she got to give brief instruction in the art of intimacy to her pupil, he pretty much called her a whore. Mmmm boy.
And yet, she saved his life, several times in fact. Of course, she also punched him in the jaw for calling her that. Knocked him on his keester in fact. So it wasn't ALL bad. And, eventually, he came to accept her as she was.
November 6, 2016
The sex in this one came up much more quickly. I'm still not a fan of that. But i enjoyed the book. Geraint and Enid get married while still strangers and realize that neither one trusts the other. So, it's kind of cool that it's about a struggling marriage while neither one is really considering ending it.
One thing i thought was odd, though, is that while it seems to be quite feminist (Enid is a warrior woman), it still contains the ridiculous idea that when two people are consummating a marriage, the man should know what he's doing while the woman should be a virgin. Granted, part of Enid's duties as a warrior woman is training men in the "art of lovemaking"... So, they tried to be feminist about it... But still.
One thing i thought was odd, though, is that while it seems to be quite feminist (Enid is a warrior woman), it still contains the ridiculous idea that when two people are consummating a marriage, the man should know what he's doing while the woman should be a virgin. Granted, part of Enid's duties as a warrior woman is training men in the "art of lovemaking"... So, they tried to be feminist about it... But still.
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