Heather Grothaus returns to the story of the three Foxe
sisters in book two of her frothy and captivating medieval
trilogy.
Cecily Foxe's sweet and biddable nature combined with her
interest in helping the poor and sick earned her the
nickname Saint Cecily. After the death of her parents, she
found a measure of peace within the church and cherished a
dream of joining nearby Hallowshire Abbey when she could be
certain of her vocation. All those plans were blown away by
a dark and stormy night within the ancient Foxe Ring of
standing stones when a temptation too great to withstand in
the form of sexy, irreverent Lord Oliver Bellecote fell at
her feet.
Lord Oliver Bellecote has everything in life he never
wanted. With the death of his beloved elder brother August
the yoke of responsibility for their ancestral lands fits
uneasily across his shoulders. He had been trained for
nothing more onerous than wenching and ale-guzzling, skills
ill-suited to keeping Bellecote viable for the next
generation. Now he must meet his duties head-on even
marrying to continue his line. But not until he heals up
from his tumble.
NEVER SEDUCE A SCOUNDREL is a deeply beautiful love story
in
a scintillating setting of humor and suspense. Heather
Grothaus has a gift for breathing life into her characters,
engaging readers with real people whose reactions mirror
our
own, not shallow caricatures stiffly mired in our own view
of the past. She skillfully uses research-based details of
life in medieval times without bogging down her compelling
tales in the slightest
I have enjoyed Grothaus' medieval warriors series
but the Foxe sisters hold a special place on my bookshelf.
Three sisters left to fend for themselves, and more
importantly keep their home, Fallstowe, intact against the
power of the king sets up an interesting over arching
storyline. In book one, Never Kiss a Stranger, the
youngest of the sisters found love and happiness with a
landed farmer, not the usual path a historical romance
takes. In book two, NEVER SEDUCE A SCOUNDREL a young Abbey-
bound maiden discovers the
meek exterior carefully cultivated over years that hides a
passionate and even shrewish personality. Book three will
focus on Sybilla's story. She has given up much to ensure
the safety of her sisters against the wrath of the king
with
little care for her own reputation. She has used her
cunning
mind and magical gifts to keep Fallstowe from the king's
hands but time is running out. Her fate will be revealed in
Never Love a Lord--January 2013. I can hardly wait!
Lord Oliver Bellecote has a way of bringing out the vixen
in
any woman. Any woman, that is, but Cecily Foxe, an innocent
flower destined for the abbey seems utterly immune to his
charms. Or so he believes until the night they accidentally
meet in the pagan ruins of Foxe Ring, and Oliver discovers
that "Saint Cecily" is actually as tempting as sin. Cecily
would like nothing more than to forget her night of heated
passion with the dangerously handsome Lord Bellecote. But
denial proves quite impossible when she is charged with
tending his every need during his stay at Fallstowe Castle.
For only in his arms does she feel truly alive, despite the
deadly secrets that surround his past - and threaten their
tenuous future...
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