Earth Song

Veteran romancer Coulter ( Fire Song ) again blends likable characters and mildly unorthodox (by the standards of the genre) eroticism with overwhelming coincidence and a dash of humor. This romp in 13th-century England should entertain her fans. When Philippa de Beauchamp hears that she is to marry William de Bridgport, "a fat old man with no teeth, and a paunch," she flees from home--buried in a load of dirty, raw wool on its way to market. Bad turns to worse when Dienwald de Fortenberry, the desperately poor but spirited "Rogue of Cornwall," seizes the wool shipment and Philippa becomes his prisoner. The young woman's spinning and weaving skills, as well as her ability to read and calculate, soon earn her the household's esteem and the position of steward, while her beauty and strong streak of sheer devilment capture Dienwald's affection, as he earns hers. Yet their happiness is threatened when Sir Walter de Grasse, Dienwald's greatest enemy, learns a secret about Philippa's past, a secret that not even she knows but that can change both her and Dienwald's future.
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Philippa de Beauchamp, as impulsive as she was beautiful, fled her father's castle when she heard she was to wed the repellant Baron de Bridgeport. But her daring escape in a wool wagon became a misadventure when she landed in the arms of Dienwald de Fortenberry, a rogue as smooth and bold as Aquitaine wine. Soon Philippa found herself a prisoner at Dienwald's castle - a place where there were mysteries to be solved, villains to be bested, and a very stubborn man's heart to be won. Earth Song is terrific reading! -- Midwest Book Review