When Henry VII takes the throne, not all are loyal to the new king. Garter knight, Sir James, is charged with bringing dissenters to justice. Determined to fulfill his vows, he’s unprepared for Lady Elena, a girl from his past.
Lady Elena defies her family and disguises herself as a squire to reunite with the man she’s always loved. She might be able to wield a sword, but she still possesses a … possesses a woman’s heart.
Thrust into a world of danger and family rivalry, James and Elena face the ultimate test.
Can James avenge his father’s death and find passion, or will his Garter oaths hold him to a life of service without love?
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I enjoyed this book. It was interesting and the heroine was fierce.
It was ok. Some events that happened to the heroine were not believable.
Enjoyed it
Very good book, story flows great.
This was a fun read. I really enjoyed this book from start to finish. It was very original for a historical romance.
Elana wants to be a knight.
Some of the stuff she goes through is scary. The story has suspense, travel and romance.
James is her knight. When she decides she is going to make it as a knight, her brother helps her become a squire for James. He had promised to marry her, but he never returned to keep his promise so she decided he was going to help her dream of becoming a knight.
A good story!
I skipped a lot of chapters just to get to the end… Disappointing …
The Lady of the Garter is book one in The Ladies of Lore Series by Marisa Dillon. I struggled through this story. The writing is quite choppy in spots and the plot gets confusing at times. The idea of a medieval maiden wanting to be a knight felt ludicrous at first. I read the first few chapters with a growing skepticism. And then I remembered a true medieval warrior woman – Joan of Arc. So even though a woman fighting was rare, it’s not unheard of and therefore not as far-fetched a notion as I originally thought. The heroine Elena disguises herself as squire to a knight she loves. The hero James does seem dense to not recognize the heroine in her “disguise”, especially when he discovers her completely nude. I thought it would have been nice for Dillon to give some back story early on explaining the supposed “love story” between James and Elena. The one person who I feel stole the show was the villain Sir Nicolas. Overall, I would give this first book a 3.5 stars.
Just awful. Couldn’t finish it. Actually thought it was supposed to be funny in a Monty Python and the Holy Grail sort of way, but realized that it wasn’t.
Found it hard to believe. Not saying it may not have been possible, but strongly doubt it.
Too trite, underdeveloped and unrealistic.
I have to admit I gave up reading half-way through, something I rarely do.The story was disjointed and lacked credibility. The author needs a good editor as well (confused ascent and assent as well as well as other homonyms).
Could not finish
couldnt catch my interest..
I tried to read this book. Picked it up and started it several times. Ugh ….
A blunt to the point storytelling. Had a interesting twist in the middle.
I thought the premise was a stretch and not believable.
I stopped reading after the first chapter.
Would lead you up to a confrontation, then go to next chapter, so you’d never know what happened. Not very good writing.
Then beginning of this book was entertaining, but as it progressed I found myself loosing interest and it was a bit of a chore to finish it. The heroine was brave, strong and wanted to become a knight, but would get faint if her romantic interest would say something nice to her. Didn’t seem realistic.