Knight's Desire by Elizabeth Taylor George

Wow. This is a great author. You know it's a good book when you stay up all night to get through it. I don't normally read medieval but this one has changed my mind. I couldn't put the book down. The wonderful study of speech and scene left me breathless. The speech was very poetic and fell off the character's tongue naturally. This is a must read by medieval fans.

Harold, Lady Arian's stepfather, had done everything he could for Arian to die without actually killing her outright. He left her to starve, sleep among the dogs, and had her flogged on many occasions, just because he wanted to exert his strength over her. He had told everyone that Lady Arian was dead so he could rule her home, Cresswell Castle, after her mother took her own life.

Arian meets Sir Judson Langley by trying to stab him through the heart one evening after he visits her home after hunting with Lord Harold. Sir Judson was sent by Arian's great-grandmother to find if her great-grandchild was indeed dead. Arian didn't know she had any relatives alive still. Sir Judson would be the Lord of Cresswell if Arian was truly dead.

Lord Harold forced Arian (who he called Jane) to be Sir Judson's maid while he was visiting. Sir Judson asked about Lady Arian and Jane tells him all without giving away her identity. Arian knows if she tells Sir Judson she is Lady Arian that he would just as soon kill her for her castle and land. She has to find a way to get Lord Harold and Sir Judson out of her way, so she can tell her great-grandmother she is alive and claim her birthright.

Will Arian be able to trust Judson and let him know who she really is? Will she ever meet her great-grandmother? Will Judson forsake everything he could gain by falling in love with a maid? Will Lord Harold and his wife, Gwen, stay in control of Cresswell?

Author's bio:

Two time Golden Heart finalist and Maggie Award Winner, Elizabeth Taylor George wrote her first poem at age seven. It was called The Snowflake, and it earned great praise from her mother.

Growing up with books, especially taken with Grimm's Fairy Tales, Gone With The Wind, and Forever Amber, she was always fascinated with the art and craft of telling romantic tales. After a long retail management career, she was given the opportunity to tell her own tales. Historical romance is her passion, both American and Medieval stories her favorites. Liz lives near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her brilliant husband, Tom, and her wonderful Shetland Sheepdog, Max, and still gets a kick out of revisiting Cinderella and Snow White from time to time.

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