Dangerous Favor: Poitevin Hearts, #4
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Mathilde needs a champion. And Lady Violette's tournament seems the perfect place to find one.
When the beautiful Lady Violette hosts a tournament, Mathilde de Riavelle attends hoping to find some brave knight who can help her prove her father innocent of an accusation of theft. Lord Therri, heir to a rich barony, has the wealth and connections Mathilde needs to delve into the mysteries of her father's past. Furthermore, Therri embodies all her romantic dreams. Mathilde is determined to win his love. If she can just stop thinking about his friend, Etienne, who is too charming to be trusted with anything, especially her heart.
Etienne de Brielle has neither wealth nor connections, but he is smitten with Mathilde at a glance. Unfortunately, his eager attempts to capture her attention misfire, convincing her that he wants to seduce her. If he can win glory in her name on the tournament field, perhaps he can change her mind. He tricks her into granting him her favor, an embroidered white ribbon, to wear in the mêlée. But instead of honoring her, he is wounded by an unknown knight trying to steal her ribbon from him.
What secret does Mathilde's favor hold? Is it related to her father's crime? Their search for answers gradually opens Mathilde's eyes to Etienne's true worth. But before he can prove himself the true hero of her dreams, he must rescue her from a nightmare from her past.
Poitevin Hearts, Book 4: Men and women living and loving amidst the political intrigues of medieval Poitou (a region of France once ruled by the Kings of England.)
Dangerous Favor is a PG rated historical romance.
The Poitevin Hearts romance series is linked together by recurring characters, but each title is written as a stand-alone novel. They can be read and enjoyed in any order.
Joyce DiPastena
Joyce DiPastena dreamed of green medieval forests while growing up in the dusty copper mining town of Kearny, Arizona. She filled her medieval hunger by reading the books of Thomas B. Costain (where she fell in love with King Henry II of England), and later by attending the University of Arizona where she graduated with a degree in history, specializing in the Middle Ages. The university was also where she completed her first full-length novel...set, of course, in medieval England. Later, her fascination with Henry II led her to expand her research horizons to the far reaches of his “Angevin Empire” in France, which became the setting of her first published novel, "Loyalty’s Web" (a 2007 Whitney Award Finalist). When she’s not writing, Joyce loves to read, play the piano, and spend time with her sister and friends. A highlight of her year is attending the annual Arizona Renaissance Festival . Joyce is a multi-published, multi-award winning author who specializes in sweet medieval romances heavily spiced with mystery and adventure. She lives with her two cats, Clio and Glinka Rimsky-Korsokov, in Mesa, Arizona.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow. Just...Wow. I truly tend to dislike outright romances, but there's so much mystery and intrigue in this! I absolutely adored it! It's my first of her novels, but I'm going to have to read more now. I have to caution anyone unfamiliar with the language of medieval literature. I'm used to it since it is my favorite genre, and there is of course a helpful glossary to explain things, but it can be unnerving and I daresay annoying to those not versed in it, as a friend explained. Still, it's mighty beautiful and totally worth any fuss you'll have learning it. I honestly don't know much of anything regarding the historical aspects of the book, and it's certainly not needed for all that politics is a huge part of the plot. DiPastena does such an excellent job of incorporating it all into her twist so that you don't need to know. But, you'll be wanting to research it yourself by the end of the tale! Thankfully, she helps out there too with some references for her readers. (She's really got it all covered!) Mathilde is such a strong character. For all that she may be a tad naive at first, she still shows fierce loyalty to her family and courage where the standard well-bred lady might falter. Etienne is the definition of chivalrous, mostly. He may play a trick and a flirt to escape a harpy, but it was worth it in the end. There is action, with a grand tourney and knights fighting one another throughout. There is death, sad ones even (or not sad, depending on how you look at it). There is more than one tale of romance, quite different but equally beautiful...and frustrating...and so well worked with the intrigue that endangers the characters that you'd not think the book was meant to be a romance. There is so much I want to say about this book and yet I don't want to ruin anything because even the slightest things played monumental parts...in the romance and in the mystery. It was so eloquently written and was a constant fascination the entire way through. I never wanted to put it down, for all that I was only able to steal away a few moments at a time until I could finally find the time to myself. I'm so in love with all the characters that I'm looking forward to reading the tales of the ones that made mere cameos in this one.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Joyce has done it again with this book. I love her writing and the medieval romance gets me every time. Another gripping book like Loyalty's Web. The research is wonderful you feel like you are in France along with everyone else. I read a lot of romance novels here lately and I like them , but when I want clean romance I turn to Joyce. She has a way of brining her characters to life to grip you through out the book. A page turner. Mathilde is my favorite character. Even though she is our damsel in distress she tries her hardest to help herself. The relationship she has with Etienne is a remarkable one full of love. A must read for everyone.