Graham Family #3
Kensington
February 2001
Featuring: Lady Eleanor of Clarin; Brendan Graham
448 pages ISBN: 0821767739 EAN: 9780821767733 Paperback Add to Wish List
By 1301, Lady Eleanor of Clarin knows she will do
anything, even sleep with Lucifer, to keep her people
safe. She has fought in war against the murderous Scots
who killed her father. Now she is marrying an elderly,
wealthy French aristocrat all for the good of her people
and to thwart the plans to control her and her land by
King Edward I, who selected a bestial knight as her
spouse. On the journey across the Channel to France,
pirates take her ship and capture Eleanor. However, the
victors have no time to celebrate as Scots led by Brendan
Graham attack their ship and make Eleanor their prisoner.
Each one hates the other based on prejudices that center
on deaths of loved ones. However, loathing turns quickly
into passionate loving, but they realize they have no
future together as the machinations of King Henry and
Robert the Bruce supersede even the noblest of
aristocrats. Seize The Dawn is an exciting medieval
romantic thriller that leaves the audience gasping for
breath. The story line is fast-paced, filled with the
era's intrigue, and loaded with historical tidbits and
persona that make the plot feel authentic. The star
crossed lead couple is a charming duet as the intrepid
Eleanor wants nothing to do with love thy enemy and
Brendan is a worthy Gibson-like hunk. Shannon Drake writes
an appealing historical romance novel that readers will
need more than the dawn to finish this one- sitting tale.