Review: super fourteenth century Borderlands romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2011
In 1332 Lucius Carr returns home to take on the mantle of the Carrick earldom on the Scottish side of the Borderlands.  However, the reason he returned is to protect his four sisters, named after flowers, since his brother Marcus recently died during an English raid.  Lucius also carries guilt from when he fled his home and family after Elizabeth Huntingdon rejected him and his brother Peter joined him only to die by being burned at the stakes.The biggest shock to his coming home comes from the Seward who tells Lucius that his duty as the new earl includes marrying Elizabeth in four days.  He does not wish to wed the woman he hates as he believes she betrayed their love; she also does not wish to wed the man who hurt her.  For his sisters who they both love, they marry.  However someone will do anything including murder to keep this pair apart.The fourth Brotherhood of the Scottish Templars (see To Tempt a Knight, Seducing a Knight and A Knight to Desire) is a super fourteenth century Borderlands romance.  As always in a Gerri Russell historical, the lead couple is a charming pair while the support cast (especially his sisters) is powerful and the deadly Machiavellian villain hidden in plain sight.  Sub-genre readers will appreciate Ms. Russell's engaging novella as love is not enough when trust does not exist.Harriet Klausner