Virginia Henley

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Missouri

From "New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley, whose romantic novels have enchanted readers worldwide, comes her most tempestuous and emotional love story to date, the tale of an innocent Scottish maiden and a battle-scarred English baron who is desperate to have a child. As Edward Plantagenet's armies invade Scotland, Lynx de Warenne, one of the king's most prized warriors, is ordered to secure the royal castle at Dumfries in the crucial borderlands. There he encounters Jock Leslie, the castle's steward, a man with ten children and thirty-one grandchildren, who might have the means of fulfilling Lynx's greatest desire. A thirty-year-old childless widower, Lynx wants more than anything a child who will brighten his life, carry on the de Warenne name, and maintain the family's landholdings. Yet he is a man who is afraid to love and is haunted by the possibility that he is unable to sire a child. When Jock learns of Lynx's desire to become a father, he suggests a handfasting, a Scottish custom whereby a man and a woman can lawfully sleep together for a year and a day, at the end of which time the couple decides either to wed or to part. If the union produces a child, the child is deemed legitimate even if no marriage takes place. When Jock offers Lynx his youngest, most strong-willed daughter, Jane, so desperate is Lynx to mate with a member of the fertile family that he engages Jane in a handfasting--no matter that she is a commoner, no matter that she is terrified of him and attempts to make herself unattractive to him in the extreme, no matter that she is completely inexperienced with men. With incomparable erotic tension, humor, and narrative verve, VirginiaHenley brings together these two unlikely romantic partners in an unforgettable story about the power of love and family.

A Year and a Day

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A tempestuous historical romance involves Jane, an innocent but rebellious Scottish maiden, with a battle-weary English baron, Lynx de Warrenne, who looks to her to fulfill his desperate hope of having a child.

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Listed - 25 days ago

Ships From - Missouri

Est. Publication Date - Feb 1998

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Category - Fiction / Romance

Format - Hardcover

Condition - Good

Listed - 25 days ago

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Est. Publication Date - Feb 1998

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