A Knight Like No Other (Signet Eclipse)
St. Jude's Abbey is a cloister founded by Eleanor of Aquitaine, but the sisters do more than pray and perform good works. They are trained as warriors for the day their queen has need of them. Such a day comes for Avisa de Ware when she is asked to prevent the queen's godson, Christian Lovell, from traveling to Canterbury and the trouble brewing there between archbishop and king. Avisa is confident in her skills as a warrior, but her growing feelings for her charge threaten to conquer her as a woman. In reversing the "hero rescues the damsel" archetype, Kelley reminds readers that men weren't the only ones embroiled in action and intrigue in the Middle Ages. The sexual tension in the beginning seems a bit contrived, and the romance would have been better served with more of Christian's point of view, but the novel brims with strong historical flavor and promisingly heralds future adventures from the ladies of St. Jude.Nina DavisCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved