A Knight Well Spent
Jackie Ivie
Reviewed by Terry Studer
A Knight Well Spent by Jackie Ivie is a heart pounding, mouth watering,
finger licking fantastic read for all Historical Romance lovers. If you
miss this one you have missed one of the Yummiest books of the century.
Aislynn who also refers to herself as the "Lady of the Brook" is gifted
with healing skills and dreams of things to come. Petite, long dark
trusses, brown green eyes with ivory skin, she is a sight to behold.
She does not feel so pretty though as she is lanky and doesn't have all
the proper curves that real women have so she does her best to hide
herself under larger clothing. Aislynn is a very intelligent lass who
is not afraid to look you straight in the eyes and her pierce seems to
penetrate right to the soul.
Rhoenne Guy de Ramhurst is Lord of his own keep and large parcel of
land. This gifted to him by King David of Scotland for services
rendered to the crown and allegiance to His Highness. Rhoenne is a very
large man, piercing blue eyes that seem to drink you in, blonde hair
and abbs that any women in her right mind would love to caress over and
over without thought to consequences.
Lord Montvale is a knight totally dedicated to his Lord in every
possible way. Very handsome, he has no problem with having his share of
the ladies. He is most often irritating, occasionally manipulating and
not afraid to do whatever needs to be done to protect those he loves.
More often than not this gets him into all out disagreements with his
Lord.
The story starts us out with a chance meeting and a lucky one at that
between Rhoenne and Aislynn. Rhoenne has been hurt badly and Aislynn is
in her "Lady of the Brook" outfit praying to the Gods and Goddesses
that might be. Luckily for Rhoenne, Aislynn is very skilled in the
healing arts and has him righter than rain in no time.
Our story then finds us in Lord Rhoenne's keep with the Lord angered at
the way his property has been taken care of in his absence. His half
brother Brent is no where to be found because he is out looking for
wenches as per his usual. Horny little bugger that he is, Brent is
about to be put in his place the hard way. About the only thing Brent
has done right this time is capture Aislynn but Rhoenne makes his claim
to her as soon as he realizes who his brother has captured.
Rhoenne decides to give Aislynn total power over his keep which she
puts to rights in no time and makes it a totally different place than
what it was. Rhoenne's half sister who was in charge of the everyday
chores is not very happy at this especially since Aislynn makes the
woman do more than her share of the clean up to atone for the
disgusting way in which the place what kept under her care.
Poor Rhoenne has made a vow of not seeding any woman because of a death
curse. Little does he know that Aislynn is going to give him a run for
the money and test his patience and endurance to the ultimate of
limits. Can he withstand this most luscious enchantress and her breath
taking delectable body.
A quote to Rhoenne's dilemma:
"You'll rue this, Montvale," Rhoenne said, and it was spoken between
clenched teeth.
"Oh, I think not. She has the frame of a goddess and the features of
Aphrodite. Further, she has an iron fist. You seem to need one. I grant
her free use of it. Especially on your head."
The author has given us such a delight that I would call this book a
keeper. Lusty, action packed, intriguing, deceitful, heart wrenching
and down right luscious, this book is right up in leagues with authors
such as Hannah Howell, Jo Beverley and many of the other epic writers
of the current era of the Historic Romance genre'.