Heart of a Knight

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Summary: 1998 Rita Award Winner
Review: Barbara Samuel has captured the magic of 14th century love and life with wonderful accuracy. When the widowed Lady Elizabeth returns from exile she discovers a mysterious but captivating knight guarding her lands and her people.

The mystery deepens as she comes to know this gentle knight, Dark Thomas, as he is called by the common folk. Although sometimes awkward in his actions, his heart is as great as his size. But Elizabeth soon questions her feelings and discovers that she does not like the answers.

Set in the dynamics of rural England, this story takes on a life that thrusts the reader into the simplistic yet terribly complicated medieval age...when the word of a king has the power over life and death, and the tenements of caste govern all. Journey with two people as they discover their love and struggle for happiness under the harsh rule of their "social" age.

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Summary: Historical Magic
Review: Barbara Samuel has captured the magic of 14th century love and life with wonderful accuracy. When the widowed Lady Elizabeth returns from exile she discovers a mysterious but captivating knight guarding her lands and her people.

The mystery deepens as she comes to know this gentle knight, Dark Thomas, as he is called by the common folk. Although sometimes awkward in his actions, his heart is as great as his size. But Elizabeth soon questions her feelings and discovers that she does not like the answers.

Set in the dynamics of rural England, this story takes on a life that thrusts the reader into the simplistic yet terribly complicated medieval age...when the word of a king has the power over life and death, and the tenements of caste govern all. Journey with two people as they discover their love and struggle for happiness under the harsh rule of their "social" age.

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Summary: A heart-warming read.
Review: Elizabeth left her castle under less than perfect circumstances & expected to find it in shambles upon her return. To her surprise it & her people are thriving under the care and guidance of a handsome knight, Thomas. Their attraction to each other is immediate & though they want to be together, secrets from the past threaten to keep them apart. The resolution of this conflict is extremely romantic.

Rating:
Summary: A heart-warming read.
Review: Elizabeth left her castle under less than perfect circumstances & expected to find it in shambles upon her return. To her surprise it & her people are thriving under the care and guidance of a handsome knight, Thomas. Their attraction to each other is immediate & though they want to be together, secrets from the past threaten to keep them apart. The resolution of this conflict is extremely romantic.

Rating:
Summary: 1998 Rita Award Winner
Review: Note: this book won the 1998 Rita Award for the best Historical Romance - short category. She was up against some staunch competition from Jill Barnett, Christina Dodd, Barbara Dawson Smith, etc. Definitely a great read!