Winner of Reader’s Favorite Hero of the Year Award!
Princess Elwytha wants revenge on the monster who murdered her brother. In a false exchange for peace, she offers herself in marriage to the enemy Prince. The plan? Kill the Prince’s battle-scarred Commander–the man who ended King Thor’s life with one filthy sword thrust through the back.
To her horror, the Commander agrees to take Elwytha as his bride. Worse, the wedding date will be sooner than expected. Not all is lost, however. Now she has more opportunity to be alone with him–and exact justice. But the deed is not so easy now. Fighting her innate sense of honor, she begins to see the ironclad integrity of the man behind the scars. And with this knowledge comes doubt. Did he slay her brother? What exactly is the new king’s plan? Whom can she trust?
Elwytha must decide well, for more than her life is at stake. Soon she must betray either allegiance to her kingdom–or the man who is quickly claiming her heart.
The Commander’s Desire is a clean medieval romance novel set in the ancient world of Scotland, in 715 A.D.
I would like to be more generous because the hero is such a lovely man, so patient and Honorable. But I felt I had to knock off a couple of stars because the heroine is sadly a bit dim, no doubt that is why the devious Richard (the heroines brother) has chosen Elwytha as his sacrificial lamb. She takes ages to see she was sent on a suicide mission! It was obvious to the reader from the start. Her brother clearly wants to rid himself of a potential rival to his throne and (if he can)) kill his enemies great General at the same time. The Commander of the title is the hero, the great General and the man Elwytha is supposedly going to marry to create an alliance between her brother’s Kingdom and that of a neighboring Prince. Elwytha believes the marriage is a ruse to hide an assassination attempt, when in fact it is much more than this. The problem I have with the story is that Richard’s plot continues to remain a danger for quite a long time only because Elwytha is so blind, either I have to accept the fact this hard bitten warrior maid, who is educated and familiar with politics and battle strategy could truly be so naive and stupid, or I have to accept the fact the author couldn’t write a decent conspiracy plot and came up with one so weak she had to have a very foolish heroine to make the plot drag on so long. Elwytha should have seen from the start that she was on a suicide mission and secondly when her conniving brother writes a letter to her that is extraordinarily damaging to her, one that is bound to be read by their enemies before she sees it, she should have realised her brother was trying to force their hand to give him an excuse for any act of vengeance he resorted to in return. It appears that the only reason she is not immediately imprisoned (based on its contents) is the General’s pleading on her behalf and his Princes belief that she appears to be her brother’s dupe and that he may be able to use this to his advantage. Apart from my above niggles I thought the romance was sweet and there is occasional gentle humor.
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