Review: The Queen's Guard Rocks!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, married to King Louis VII of France, joins him on a campaign to the Crusades. Along the way to Jerusalem, they accept the hospitality of Emperor Manuel in Constantinople. The emperor's personal bodyguard Raoul is stunned to see the ladies who guard the lovely French queen dressed in battle-ready gear. He's especially dismayed when his liege orders him to gain information by sticking close to Lady Isabella. Using the code name Violet, she's under oath to the queen and obeys the royal's command to gather intelligence. But as the fierce guardsman and the wily widow spend time together, can they dare to let down their guard? Betrayed in his past, Raoul distrusts women. Will falling for Isabella mean risking his life to lie with the enemy? This story hooked me from the beginning and kept me going to the exciting finale.