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Hoping to right a great wrong perpetuated on Lord Geoffrey de Lanceau after shooting him in the chest with a crossbow bolt, Aldwin Treynarde plans to make amends and finally earn his knighthood spurs by retrieving a stolen ruby pendant stolen by the treacherous Baron Sedgewick and his ruthless mistress Veronique. The Baron had set Aldwin up into firing at de Lanceau so he had much to gain by accomplishing this task. At the same time, Lady Leona Ransley was trying to save her distraught father from destroying himself as he allowed the Baron & Veronique to lead him astray. Leona overheard their plans and stole the ruby pendant so she could return it to Lord de Lanceau before her father could be accused of treason. Making arrangements to collect the reward and return the pendant, Leona never expected that she would be dealing with Aldwin, a childhood tormentor who almost caused her death twelve years before. If Aldwin uncovered her true identity, all would be lost. Only the tormentor of her youth, was tormenting her still only now with stirring images of passion that she could not deny. *** As always when it comes to sensually stimulating romances combined with adventuresome medieval plotting, Ms. Catherine Kean is carving out her own special niche. In A Knight’s Temptation she has excelled at creating two lively multi-faceted characters in Lady Leona and Aldwin. As a child, Aldwin was a privileged young son who was Leona’s brother’s best friend. Not wanting to lose the closeness with her brother, Leona would sneak away to join their games rather than follow young lady pursuits. The accident that occurred when Leona was tied to a tree housing a bee’s nest and the subsequent attack that nearly killed her was only one of the accidents that perpetuated Aldwin’s fall from grace and subsequent banishment from his own home. Aldwin had a lot riding on retrieving the stolen jewel and discovering who had stolen it. As much as he assumed that the young woman calling herself Lady L was not who she appeared to be, he had even more trouble, believing her to be the young girl he had caused to die after being attacked by a swarm of angry bees. Lady Leona had no reason to trust or like Aldwin, the “arrogant turd”, who had caused such an upheaval in her life but the good looking young man, had indeed turned into a very handsome man and her mind was imagining all kinds of sensual feelings she really should not be feeling. Unfortunately, knowing of his allegiance to Lord de Lanceau, Leona could not risk Aldwin discovering her identity and having it lead back to her father who was not in his right mind and was being drugged by Baron Sedgewick and Veronique. Her only thoughts were to return the jewel; get the reward money; and hurry back to try and repair the damage before her home was completely overrun and destroyed by the Baron and his mistress. After Aldwin kidnapped Leona to bring both she and the jewel back to de Lanceau their lives kicked into high gear with fast paced action; believable dialogs, dangerous mercenaries and high adventure. This story is terrific and A Knight’s Temptation, following A Knight’s Vengeance and A Knight’s Reward is completely stand-alone. But for extra pleasure, I highly recommend all three of these fabulous books while anticipating Kean’s next Knight book which should continue the same high adventure and fascinating stories she’s created in this marvelous de Lanceau saga. Highly Recommended!
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A KNIGHT's temptation
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