Secrets of the Knight
Julia Latham
Avon, Sep 2008, $5.99
ISBN: 9780061432965
In 1480 League of the Blade warrior Diana Winslow traveled to Castle Bannaster in disguise as a servant. Her assignment was to end Viscount Bannaster’s brutal mistreatment of women. However, she went too far leaving the viscount dead and his brother Thomas accused by the lords as his killer.
Six years later, King Henry strongly suggested to his “cousin” Thomas to court Cicely Winslow. Thus he heads to Richmond while Cicely’s sister Diana knows she cannot hang around just in case he recognizes her in front of her family as the servant who could defend herself with the blade on that fatal day. Instead once again the impulsive master bladeswoman acts; she abducts Thomas. As she holds him prisoner, the pair are attracted to one another. However, if extended family relations were not convoluted enough, her employer orders her to investigate Thomas' loyalty to the King
The third League of the Blade historical romance (see THRILL OF THE KNIGHT and ONE KNIGHT ONLY) is a fabulous gender bending tale as Diana is super with the sword and not afraid to act often impetuously and unwisely. Thus she is weaponless when she falls in love. Thomas is a strong character too, but this deep period piece belongs to the third bladeswoman.
Harriet Klausner
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