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My Lady Wayward
Return to a glorious world of courtly love in this enchanting medieval romance from the bestselling author of My Lady Beloved -- Linda Lael Miller writing as Lael St. James.
My Lady Wayward
From the shelter of St. Swithin's Abbey, Meg Redclift misses her sister Gabriella, and fears the bride-to-be has met with danger. But the world's uncertainties visit the abbey when a handsome, wounded knight appears -- and Meg finds herself overwhelmingly attracted as she restores the stranger to health. If only he could remember who he is....
Left with no idea of his attacker's identity -- or his own -- Gresham Sedgewick fears his shadowed past may be dishonorable, and fights his powerful desire for lovely Meg. But when they are forced to flee the abbey, Gresham is plunged into an urgent quest with the woman who is his greatest temptation -- and perhaps his salvation. Dodging deadly assaults, Gresham must trust his warrior instincts and the passion in his heart to find the truth about himself -- and the freedom to give himself completely to his lady wayward.
My Lady Wayward
From the shelter of St. Swithin's Abbey, Meg Redclift misses her sister Gabriella, and fears the bride-to-be has met with danger. But the world's uncertainties visit the abbey when a handsome, wounded knight appears -- and Meg finds herself overwhelmingly attracted as she restores the stranger to health. If only he could remember who he is....
Left with no idea of his attacker's identity -- or his own -- Gresham Sedgewick fears his shadowed past may be dishonorable, and fights his powerful desire for lovely Meg. But when they are forced to flee the abbey, Gresham is plunged into an urgent quest with the woman who is his greatest temptation -- and perhaps his salvation. Dodging deadly assaults, Gresham must trust his warrior instincts and the passion in his heart to find the truth about himself -- and the freedom to give himself completely to his lady wayward.
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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September 20, 2007
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Lael St. John (aka Linda Lael Miller) - 2nd in trilogy
This second book in the trilogy chronicles the romance between Meg Redclift, an impetuous young boarder at St. Swithin's Abbey, and Gresham Sedgewick, her troubled knight. Despite her lack of a proper chaperone, Meg is determined to search for her twin sister, Gabriella, who vanished after she left to meet and marry her betrothed. When Meg and her younger sister, Elizabeth, come across a wounded, handsome young knight lying in the abbey's squash patch, Meg hastens to tend to the gash on his head, hoping that he'll agree to act as her chaperone when he wakes. To her disappointment, Gresham remembers little more than his name, but he eventually agrees to accompany her on her mission. Along the way, the two evade the plague, fight off a band of hungry wolves, clash with one of Gresham's old enemies and fall in love, although Gresham may have a wife whom he can't remember. Meg is an admirable heroine, but it's Gresham who blossoms here as he learns many troubling details about the man he was and strives to begin his life anew.
Lael St. John (aka Linda Lael Miller) - 2nd in trilogy
This second book in the trilogy chronicles the romance between Meg Redclift, an impetuous young boarder at St. Swithin's Abbey, and Gresham Sedgewick, her troubled knight. Despite her lack of a proper chaperone, Meg is determined to search for her twin sister, Gabriella, who vanished after she left to meet and marry her betrothed. When Meg and her younger sister, Elizabeth, come across a wounded, handsome young knight lying in the abbey's squash patch, Meg hastens to tend to the gash on his head, hoping that he'll agree to act as her chaperone when he wakes. To her disappointment, Gresham remembers little more than his name, but he eventually agrees to accompany her on her mission. Along the way, the two evade the plague, fight off a band of hungry wolves, clash with one of Gresham's old enemies and fall in love, although Gresham may have a wife whom he can't remember. Meg is an admirable heroine, but it's Gresham who blossoms here as he learns many troubling details about the man he was and strives to begin his life anew.
July 4, 2018
I'm pretty disappointed with this book. The story itself isn't bad, it's the delivery that really annoys me. There are, what seems, a lot of run on sentences, and the author seems to be rambling a lot. It is taking a lot of patience to get through this book. The author is almost insulting at some points, as if she doesn't feel her readers are intelligent enough to understand what she was going for in a particular part of the story or who she may have been addressing, and because of that she tends to include just too much. I plan to finish the book, painful though it may be, but it will not be one I read again and I do not think I plan to read another book by this author.
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November 7, 2025DNF around 50%
The story was fine but I was bored. The writing didn't seem very strong and dragged. I know this is one of Linda Lael Miller's early books and it shows a bit. I liked both characters and the set up to the story. I might pick this one up again. Nothing was terrible but just a bit boring.
The story was fine but I was bored. The writing didn't seem very strong and dragged. I know this is one of Linda Lael Miller's early books and it shows a bit. I liked both characters and the set up to the story. I might pick this one up again. Nothing was terrible but just a bit boring.
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December 12, 2021
Read both books, but where is the 3rd.
January 1, 2026
I really enjoyed this book and My Lady Beloved. Really wished there was a third one based on the last sisters story.
May 1, 2012
This was a book that I picked up at a library sale years back, and decided to take to the beach this year. It was already pretty beat up so no worries about packing it, and it was about a woman falling in love with a knight. Who wouldn't like the sound of that?
I have to say that it was entertaining, but sometimes the clever bits leaned too far towards cheesy. The actual romance was pretty straight forward and didn't feel as deep as it could have been. The hero has a quite annoying penchant for, "raking his fingers through his hair", and the heroine constantly ran around without a wimple covering her hair, which was supposedly quite scandalous. Although, that's just a physical manifestation of her determination and independence which I very much liked about her. During the Middle Ages that isn't what you typically think of when you think of the women. She could carry it a little too far at times, but at least she didn't just sit around waiting for her knight to come back.
Overall, the story was interesting enough to keep me reading but had its dull spots. The characters were palatable and the setting kept things interesting (during The Black Plague). It has pretty significant deus ex machina at the end that leaves a little to be desired as well. So the writing isn't the greatest and neither is the story, but it serves well as a frivolous read when you want a quick romance fix that won't suck you in too deep.
I have to say that it was entertaining, but sometimes the clever bits leaned too far towards cheesy. The actual romance was pretty straight forward and didn't feel as deep as it could have been. The hero has a quite annoying penchant for, "raking his fingers through his hair", and the heroine constantly ran around without a wimple covering her hair, which was supposedly quite scandalous. Although, that's just a physical manifestation of her determination and independence which I very much liked about her. During the Middle Ages that isn't what you typically think of when you think of the women. She could carry it a little too far at times, but at least she didn't just sit around waiting for her knight to come back.
Overall, the story was interesting enough to keep me reading but had its dull spots. The characters were palatable and the setting kept things interesting (during The Black Plague). It has pretty significant deus ex machina at the end that leaves a little to be desired as well. So the writing isn't the greatest and neither is the story, but it serves well as a frivolous read when you want a quick romance fix that won't suck you in too deep.
July 19, 2014
I read this book for a challenge to read something "classic".
A knight and damsel in distress story couldn't be better. Also Lael Miller is one of my favorite authors.
It's been a while since I read a historical romance and therefore it was some fun to revisit it. The story is fun, the characters full of life and humor. But the time for historicals is truly in the past for me. It still bored me at times... Somehow they all "taste" the same and a bit old at that.
Still. The book was on my tbr pile and I have read one more of my favorite author's older books. Good read.
A knight and damsel in distress story couldn't be better. Also Lael Miller is one of my favorite authors.
It's been a while since I read a historical romance and therefore it was some fun to revisit it. The story is fun, the characters full of life and humor. But the time for historicals is truly in the past for me. It still bored me at times... Somehow they all "taste" the same and a bit old at that.
Still. The book was on my tbr pile and I have read one more of my favorite author's older books. Good read.
April 12, 2016
A little slow moving. Not as good as more recent Linda Lael Miller's books
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