Backcover Synopsis - Enter an enchanted age of pride and passion, where desire flows untamed--and love's adversary is fierce and strange....
Young Wynne of Gwernach has no dreams of marriage...Innocent and pure of heart, she believes that love is an illusion. Instead she devotes herself to managing the great family estate nestled in the raw beauty of Wales, vowing to protect it and her younger brother until he comes of age to inherit.
And then Madoc of Powys enters into her life, claiming his betrothal to Wynne when she was a babe. Madoc is both feared and worshiped throught the land, for his family's power is said to stem from Merlin himself. Yet it is a very human desire that he evokes in Wynne...His warm gaze makes her flesh burn with unaccustomed fire. Still, she remains firm in her belief that she can never marry, can never be owned.
But Madoc of Powys is a Celt in his heart and soul. He know Wynne's reluctance to wed is the legacy of another life. In time she will know everything--a thing he both hopes for and desperately fears for Wynne and Madoc have been lovers in another time, another place. Byut what unfinished destiny lies between them...?
Personal Opinion - Another great book by Bertrice Small but about a different time and place from most of the books I've read by her. It is not often that ancient Wales is featured in a story and with it the tales and legends that are more familiar of Ireland than Wales
I want to read this
I want to read this author. I have heard good things about her but nicer to see her blogged.
AKA Merri
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I have read a lot of her
I have read a lot of her books, The O'Malley Saga, Skye's Legacy, Friarsgate Inheritance and The World of Hetar series as well as many of her single title novels and have enjoyed them all. Some are very erotic but almost all are historical from different periods of history. This last one is the first I've read that has taken place in Wales and England. Most of it occurs just before the landing of William the Conquerer in 1066.
Joan
I read this
Though it was ages ago and haven't read much else of hers recently. Thanks for the great review and the reminder of another good author. I will have to read more of her stuff one of these days and have added her to my watch for list.
Bonsal