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Maiden Bride - An Avon Romantic Treasure [Mass Market Paperback]

Linda Needham (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 374 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books; 1st edition (April 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0380796368
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380796366
  • Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 10.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,616,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Arriving at the deserted castle and village of Nicholas Bayard, the warlord husband she has never met, Lady Eleanor is confronted by Bayard, who hides his identity from her, believing he has no place in his world for a wife.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Change of spirit 23 Jan 2003
By K. Newman
Format:Mass Market Paperback
William Nicholas Bayard was a terror while alive. Now that he is considered dead, he has promised himself to God, to atone for his sins (of being a fierce warrior to the exclusion of all else). Before he enters the monastery, however, he has sworn to rebuild the chapel in his castle / keep, as a monument to his dead son. Liam, and the rest of William's village, over which he was lord, died as a result of the black death. Only William survived, and yet he is rumoured dead.

Lady Eleanor has made her way to the castle that is now hers, following the death of the husband she never met. She finds it abandoned and in ruins, but has already set plans in motion to see to it's repopulation and renovation. She discovers 'Nicholas' there, who claims to have known her husband and appoints him as her steward. Nicholas wants to rebuild the chapel as quickly as he can, to escape the warm enticement of life and laughter offered by 'William's wife.

The primary enjoyment of the book for me was that it was the story of redemption. Nicholas has been through hell, has suffered through incredible trauma and loss, and has emerged a better man than William ever was. Eleanor can see and appreciate that, even before she knows who he is.

It's an enjoyable book, if a little over long in my view - there is no hidden plot or subtext here, so from time to time the story does seem to drag out. Nevertheless, for the interest of a book set in so unusual a period, it is an interesting and heartwarming read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A story of hope surmounting terrible times. 11 Nov 2000
By A. Frith
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have rarely read a romantic novel set at the time of the Black Death. A terrible time when between a half and a quarter of the population were lost to plague. Yet this is a hopeful book. The author has correctly identified it as a time of enormous social change when the lives of ordinary people actually were improved a great deal by the upheavals of the time. I liked her sorrowful hero and the way the brave and hopeful heroine taught hin to get on with life. The story develops well and the love story is very touching.
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1.0 out of 5 stars DULL 10 Sep 2002
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I was disappointed with this book. The heroine, the very irritating Lady Eleanor, never developed, at the end of the book she was still acting like an annoying five year old. The hero should have been interesting but he wasn't.
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