Honor's Splendour (1987) (Pocket Books)Julie Garwood
Grade: B
Genre: medieval romance
Sex scenes: hot
Source: own
Romance RBC 2014: An AAR Top 100 Romance 1998
Caught in the middle of vicious
court politics, Lady Madelyne has suffered at the hands of her cruel brother,
Baron Louddon. Then, in an act of vengeance against Louddon’s crimes, Madelyne
is taken as the ultimate prize by Baron Duncan of Wexton, also known as ‘the
Wolf’. It only takes one look for Duncan to know that he’ll protect Madelyne
with his life. Strangely, Madelyne has never felt safer than when she’s been under
Duncan’s capture. As she befriends his dysfunctional family and learns the
reasons behind his hatred for her half-brother, Madelyne can no longer deny the
love she feels for her captor …
Madelyne, like the majority of
Garwood’s heroines, is utterly selfless. Though she knows that she’ll get into
serious trouble with her brother if she’s caught, she perseveres in helping
Duncan to escape and puts his welfare above her safety. It’s no surprise that
Duncan is instantly enamoured with his captive and that he’ll do everything in
his power to protect Madelyne from the hands of her brother.
Another solid medieval romance
offering from Julie Garwood. Granted, very similar to her others and just as
indistinguishable, but I love these books, however old and dated they are, all
the same. If you want the romance community’s word for it, then they’re perhaps
even more supportive of this title than I am: it’s made the AAR Top 100
Romances in 1998 (#56), 2004 (#49), 2007 (#50), 2010 (#39) and 2013 (#73) – no easy
feat. What more encouragement do you need?
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