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The Black Prince of England hungers to capture the lands of France, and Sir Hyatt Laidley is just the knight for the task. In exchange for years of faithful service, Hyatt will receive both land - and lady - of De La Noye in Acquitane. When Hyatt and his men attack, both Lord and castle fall, but the young and newly widowed Aurelie is not so easily conquered. Impassioned by the subjugation of her people, Aurelie pledges to forever honor her late husband. She may be condemned to marry the English bastard, but her heart will never yield! But to Aurelie's surprise, Hyatt proves to be everything her former husband was not. Fearless, wise, and devastatingly handsome, he makes for a highly gifted Lord and protector. And try as she might, she simply can't feign indifference to her virile husband's passionate embrace. Yet Aurelie is not alone in her emotional torment. Previously robbed of his inheritance and title by a deceitful stepmother, Hyatt can't bring himself to trust his French wife. But as rivals threaten the welfare of their people, the couple must decide which bond is stronger - allegiance to one's motherland or ties forged from love.
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Kirkus Review
Like Cart's last period romance, The Troubadour's Song (1985), this longbow and lust saga is set in the medieval period when England was still bucketing over to France to lay waste here and there. There's a hero with a heart of gold, and iron attributes in bed and battle; his conquered, pal-pitating victim of high degree; and villains sneaking over the drawbridge. Sir Hyatt, an English knight exiled by his father because of the wiles of his new, evil stepmother (thereby he distrusts all women) has been ordered by Edward III of England to capture and secure the castle De h Noye in Aquitaine. Weak, pious Giles was lord of the castle, but he's been killed in battle, which leaves his lady, beautiful young AurÉlie, to run the castle almost single-handedly--and she runs a tight ship. Enter Sir Hyatt with troops and AurÉlie has no recourse but to surrender. And then, worst of all, she's ordered by her father to wed the hated enemy. Bedtime is revelation time: Hyatt discovers the widow's a virgin, and AurÉlie discovers that while her mind despises Hyatt, her bed rejoices with ""rapture of his carnal skill."" Though AurÉlie hates herself in the morning, she gradually admits that Hyatt is not the killing sort. Serfs return to their fields, workmen to their jobs, prisoners are released, and prosperity returns. But there are villains about: Hyatt's mistress Faon (she's sheltered because she once bore Hyatt a son) attempts poison; Hyatt's sly brother conspires with a neighboring scorched-earth conqueror; and a traitorous priest brews trouble. It all ends with a final battle in which AurÉlie shoots arrows from the battlements, and love gentles lust. A golden oldie, featuring Macho Man in knight's clothing--familiar as oleo. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Library Journal Review
Edward, the Black Prince, eager to re ward his friend Sir Hyatt Laidley, as well as to use his talents to claim and subdue land in France, sends him to conquer De la Noye. In the battle, Giles, lord of De la Noye, dies, and Hy att claims Giles's widow, Aurelie, by right of conquest. She resists him and bitterly resents him, thinking him re sponsible for Giles's death, and lament ing her own loss of power. But both her own strong sexual attraction to him and her growing awareness that he is an ex cellent landowner who promotes the welfare of his subordinates change her attitude. As she grows to love him, he comes to acknowledge at last his love and need for her. Carr works the pa tient Griselda myth better than anyone else. Her heroines are loving, strong, and fair-minded. Marylaine Block, St. Ambrose Coll. Lib., Davenport, Ia. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
