Lady Isobel's Champion. Carol Townend

Чтение книги онлайн.

       How could he?

      For years Isobel had lived for some sign of attention from this man. Any sign would have done—a letter sent to the convent in Conques, perhaps… even a simple message. He had done nothing.

      And now he had the impudence to wait until they were in a smoky inn to kiss her. In a whorehouse, to be precise. He was kissing her as a pretence, the devil. He didn’t want her. Her pulse thudded. She liked his kiss.

      When a large hand crept to her cheek, cradling it in its palm, making tiny caressing circles with its fingertips, pleasure shot along every nerve. She bit back a moan. It was fortunate that his hand hid her face from onlookers. She felt hot and confused. He doesn’t want to do this. He doesn’t know me. In the years she had lived in the south he had not shown the slightest interest in her welfare. I am just another trophy to him. I am a prize. Lucien is marrying me for my inheritance.

      And then his mouth was on hers again and her thoughts were scattered.

       Duty, Honour, Truth, Valour

      The tenets of the Knights of Champagne will be sorely tested in this exciting new Medieval series by Carol Townend.

      The pounding of hooves, the cold snap of air, a knight’s colours flying high across the roaring crowd—nothing rivals a tourney. The chance to prove his worth is at the beating heart of any knight.

      And tournaments bring other dangers too. Scoundrels, thieves, murderers and worse are all drawn towards a town bursting with deep pockets, flowing wine and wanton women.

      Only these three knights stand in their way. But what of the women who stand beside them?

      Find out in

      Carol Townend’s

       Knights of Champagne

       Three Swordsmen for Three Ladies

      About the Author

      CAROL TOWNEND has been making up stories since she was a child. Whenever she comes across a tumbledown building, be it castle or cottage, she can’t help conjuring up the lives of the people who once lived there. Her Yorkshire forebears were friendly with the Brontë sisters. Perhaps their influence lingers…

      Carol’s love of ancient and medieval history took her to London University, where she read History, and her first novel (published by Mills & Boon^®) won the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers’ Award. Currently she lives near Kew Gardens, with her husband and daughter. Visit her website at www.caroltownend.co.uk

       Previous novels by the same author:

       Did you know that some of these novels are also available as eBooks?

       Visit www.millsandboon.co.uk

      Lady Isobel’s Champion

      Carol Townend