Until the Knight Comes - Softcover

Welfonder, Sue-Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446617296 ISBN 13: 9780446617291

Publisher: Forever, 2006

Synopsis

Seeking solitude to restore his newly inherited Cuidrach Castle estate, Sir Kenneth MacKenzie is stunned to discover a beautiful usurper claiming to be his wife inhabiting his home, but despite his yearning for peace, he finds himself falling for Lady Mariota MacNichol, a young woman fleeing an unjust charge of murder. Original.

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About the Author

Sue-Ellen Welfonder is a Scotophile whose burning wish to make frequent trips to the land of her dreams led her to a twenty-year career with the airlines.

Now a full-time writer, she's quick to admit that she much prefers wielding a pen to pushing tea and coffee. She makes annual visits to Scotland, insisting they are a necessity, as each trip gives her inspiration for new books.

Proud of her own Hebridean ancestry, she belongs to two clan societies: the MacFie Clan Society and the Clan MacAlpine Society. In addition to Scotland, her greatest passions are medieval history, the paranormal, and dogs. She never watches television, loves haggis, and writes at a 450-year-old desk that once stood in a Bavarian castle.

Sue-Ellen is married and currently resides with her husband and Jack Russell terrier in Florida.

Learn more at:
www.welfonder.com
Facebook.com/SueEllenWelfonderAuthor
Twitter, @se_welfonder.

Reviews

Welfonder's newest is a medieval romance set in Scotland. Lady Mariota Macnicol stands falsely accused of murdering her lover, but escapes, hiding out at the deserted Castle Cuidrach. When the castle's new lord, Sir Kenneth MacKenzie (the villain from Welfonder's Devil in a Kilt), arrives to take possession, she brazenly informs him that she is the chatelaine—then changes her story after she learns he is the actual owner. MacKenzie accepts Mariota's half-truths and provides her haven, and they wind up falling hard for each other, though both have been betrayed by lovers before. But Mariota remains on the run from her accusers, while MacKenzie plots to keep her at Cuidrach until he can win her trust and convince her to marry him. Their lusty dialogue grows wearisome ("[T]he intensity of him unleashed a trickling anticipation that spilled all through her, making her blood run thick and rich"), and uneven pacing keeps readers in a state of distraction, as Welfonder shifts rapidly between the romance and the book's suspense-deficient subplots. (July)
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Mariota Macnicol followed her heart, forsaking her good name and family for love for an unworthy man. Framed for murder by her lover's mistress and imprisoned by his men, she and her faithful friend Nessa escape. They find sanctuary in bleak, tumbledown Cuidrach with the help of a magical golden lute and a red fox only to discover Sir Kenneth MacKenzie, the new Keeper of Cuidrach, and his band of knights arriving to claim the castle and take up residence. They race to secure the keep against marauders and the evil men following Mariota in pursuit of vengeance and gold, while a heated relationship develops between Kenneth and Mariota. Welfonder's storytelling skill and medieval scholarship shine in her latest Kintail-based Scottish romance with magical elements courtesy of the wise woman Devorgilla. And a teaser indicates that romantic misadventures will continue with young Jamie MacPherson, one of the Keeper's most loyal knights at arms. Lynne Welch
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Edition details

• Publisher: Forever
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446617296
• ISBN 13: 9780446617291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334