![]() ![]() ![]() He’ll find Rowena another donor before anyone suspects the old man has died. The old Lord keels over on the “nick” of time. Rowena laughs and cries at her fate and knows not what could possibly happen that would be worse.īut finally fate does take a hand in this desperate woman’s life. Her rotten step-brother has told her that, once the deed is done and she is with child, maybe, just maybe, she’ll get her mother back (the same mother who begged her not to give in, who was ready to be beaten to death to spare her child the terrifying ordeal ahead). Rowena naturally balks at having to consummate her wedding night but concentrates on her mother’s life and good health. Such is the fate of Rowena and her mother respectable Ladies who must bend to the will of the step-son who wants an alliance with an old rich Lord, a snickering, dirty old Lord closer in image to the word disgust than desire.ĭid I say ire and desire? Wait, it gets worst before it gets better, but well worth the wait. The story starts with a beating, the one of a mother before the eyes of her daughter the ultimate test of power of a greedy, blood thirsty 12th Century, when women were but chattel, wombs for future destructors, and at best, bargaining chips for political negotiators. ![]() Yes, it’s about desire, more like ire and desire. Now here’s a book you can’t judge by its cover, or rather, by its title. ![]()
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