Captured by Desire
Florie Gilder is a skilled apprentice goldsmith living in the Scottish Borderlands during the reign of England’s Edward VI. Lady Mavis, the wife of Lord Gilbert, wheedles an heirloom pomander from Florie’s servant, who sells the piece by mistake. Florie panics. The pomander is the only way she has to find her real father. Finally, Florie grabs it, tosses Lady Mavis’s money back at her and runs. Florie, now an outlaw, takes refuge in an abandoned church, where she can safely hide for forty days and nights.
Enter the hero, Rane McAllister, master huntsman to Lord Gilbert. Because Rane shot Florie in the leg with his bow, Gilbert charges him to care for Florie while she is in sanctuary, and then bring her in or Rane will take her place on the gibbet. Of course, Rane and Florie fall in love.
The one thing I love about romance novels is that there is a “Happily Ever After.” No matter how terrible and challenging the circumstances would be to us ordinary mortals, the hero and heroine survive and prosper. So, too, the villain, in this case Lady Mavis, gets it in the end. You can rest assured the causes of justice and love are served here. Captured by Desire is a fun, fast read perfect for the beach.
