Romance
A Knight in Shining Armor
Jude Deveraux
Pocket Books
©1989
ISBN: 0-7434-5726-9
469 pages
$7.99 US/$11.99 CAN
"Once upon a time… as a fair maiden lay weeping upon a cold tombstone, her heartfelt desire was suddenly made real before her: tall, broad of shoulder, attired in gleaming silver and gold, her knight in shining armor had come to rescue his damsel in distress….
"Jude Deveraux’s dazzling bestseller greets a new generation – with this special edition featuring new material. The thrillingly romantic tale of thoroughly modern Dougless Montgomery, left alone and brokenhearted in an English church, and the sixteenth-century hero who carries her heart away, A Knight in Shining Armor is a story for all time, and for anyone who believes in the power of love…."
I don’t read much romance. Many romance novels (not all) are thinly veiled smut. This book, however, is divine. Deveraux captivated me with her descriptions of England, and her research is impeccable as she catapults the story into sixteenth-century Britain. She perfectly conveys the life of the commoner versus the noble, and weaves through it all a compelling love story, of two people fated to love each other though four hundred years separate them.
Far from being a ‘typical’ historical romance, this book has mystery in it as well, as Dougless and Nicholas investigate the future to find out how to redeem his family in the past. Neither of them are ‘perfect’ people; Dougless has no clue about love, and Nicholas is a womanizer. In the end, they are both healed in the soul.
Even for those who do not read romance, this is a captivating story.
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