![]() Garwood endows the novel with a first-rate setting, a splendid supporting cast and witty dialogue that more than offsets the rote predictability of Johanna's great beauty and MacBain's forceful charisma. Then an unwelcome surprise tests her newfound courage. The novel begins with the introduction of. Emotionally scarred by her first marriage, Johanna is intimidated both by her strange surroundings and by the outsized, gruff laird but with the help of an eccentric old soldier and MacBain's illegitimate son, Johanna learns to hold her own with the soldiers, their wives and her new husband. The main characters of this novel include Lay Gillian, Ramsey Sinclair, Brodick Buchanan and Bridgid KirkConnell. Wicked King John wants to marry her to one of his henchmen, but her beloved foster brother convinces the powerful highland laird Gabriel MacBain to put aside his natural repugnance for all things English and wed the girl. ![]() ![]() The news that her despicable husband is dead has left beautiful 16-year-old Lady Johanna both wealthy and available. Set in 13th-century England and Scotland, this rollicking adventure is among Garwood's ( The Bride ) most enjoyable. ![]()
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