Maiden and the Monster
Michelle PillowHistorical erotic romance
Available from Ellora's Cave
ISBN: 1-4199-0329-2
November 2005
| When Eden is left for dead in front of the Monster of Lakeshire's castle, he doesn't know what to do with her. When it is determined that she is a noblewoman and the daughter of his greatest enemy he is even more confused, but intrigued by the apparently innocent beauty. He doesn't know whether her story of being beaten and almost raped by her fiancé and his friends is true, or if she has been sent as a spy to undermine his status as a compliant prisoner of King Alfred. He does know that he is more attracted to this woman than he has been to anyone since his late wife, and that she is the only one in the castle who is not afraid of him. Eden is desperate to escape her brutal father and lecherous fiancé. She makes Vladamir promise to kill her rather than send her back, but she rather hopes that he will keep her instead.
This tale, set in the days of the Saxons, is extremely well done. The characters and setting are so well described that I had no problem picturing them. The love scenes are very hot and made, rather than detracted from the story. The tortured hero and his innocent maiden are very real characters, each one with human failings and misunderstandings. Luther, the fiancé, is suitably evil, and deserves everything that happens to him, and Eden's father's situation is described better than most. I did not expect the plot twists that the author devised and couldn't wait to find out what would happen next, leaving me to stay up very late to finish this tale. This one is a definite keeper.
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Reviewer: Maura Frankman |
