For a Knight of the Swan, any mission might lead to fortune—but the chance for love comes once in a lifetime . . . Margaret Grace is the lady of Fletchers Landing, earning what she can as a beekeeper and mead maker, and playing a nerve-wracking game with the mercenaries who demand payment to ensure her village’s safety. When an unknown man appears on horseback one day, Meg knows she can’t trust … Meg knows she can’t trust him—especially when the dashing knight claims to be looking for fabled lost riches. But her desires are harder to control . . .
Tormented by the memories of his imprisonment at the hands of a vicious mercenary, Sir Nathan Staves is glad to be abroad on a quest for His Majesty. His task promises the chance to recover a legendary lost bounty, but also throws him into the path of the beguiling Meg. Their breathtaking passion awakens just as a familiar danger does, forcing Nathan to decide which is the greater prize—an elusive treasure, or the love of a woman he will die to protect . . .
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3.5 Stars
Knight Furies by C.C. Wiley is book Four in the Knights of the Swan series. This is the story of Margaret Grace and Sir Nathan Staves. I have read the previous books, but feel this can be a standalone book if you wish to do so.
Margaret is responsible for Fletchers Landing along with her siblings. To do this she has had to do many things along with smuggling and getting protection from the Rievers. One of Margaret’s fear is that the King might take their home to give it as a reward to one of the Knights. So when Nathan comes to them, Margret doesn’t trust him at first.
Nathan had been taken by the enemy and put in their prison. Now he is free, but still living with the memories and nightmares. Nathan has come to Fletchers Landing on a mission for the King look for missing treasure that is thought to be there.
Good Read!
Maybe 2.5
The blurb for this story intrigued me, I love wounded heroes, strong heroines and a dash of mystery in my romance, plus it is a medieval!! And while the story did indeed have a wounded hero, a strong heroine and a dash of mystery – it did not work for me.
Lady Margaret “Meg” of Fletcher’s Landing has been a busy girl, she along with her two sisters and young brother have been overseeing the holding since the death of her parents. After the death of her parents, the king bequeathed the holding to the evil Sir Vincent DePierce, so Meg has learned to keep her dealings secret, and to keep the holding financially stable, she has entered in to some “arrangements” and has run into a few problems. But what she doesn’t know is Sir Vincent is dead and no longer a threat to her and her family.
Sir Nathan is a member of the Knights of the Swan and has been sent to Fletcher’s Landing on a quest for King Henry – to find a treasure, but what he finds is a feisty young woman intent on keeping secrets and the only person who has been able to shine light into the darkness that encompasses him. Nathan suffers waking dreams and nightmares from his imprisonment at the hands of Sir Vincent. He wonders if he will ever be fit for service again and has accepted this mission to try and overcome his problems, Meg is a balm to his tortured soul and he begins to hope that with her by his side, he will be able to banish his demons. He knows she is hiding something and is determined to find answers as well as the kings treasure.
I really wanted to like this story, but I felt lost from the very beginning, not having read the previous books, I didn’t understand the references to his incarceration, nor did I fully appreciate the evil done by Sir Vincent. I found the writing to be stilted and jumbled, I had a hard time following the story because it jumped from one scene to another with seemingly no rhyme or reason. I have no idea why Nathan and Meg fell in love, I am still not sure who the villain really was and there were several plotlines that were left incomplete. If you are planning on reading this book, I would strongly suggest reading the series in order and downloading a sample before you buy to decide if the author’s writing style appeals to you.
*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that was provided to me by NetGalley and the publisher.*