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The Witch and the Warrior
by Karyn Monk
Gwendolyn MacSween the witch (therefore evil?) and Laird Alex MacDunn the desperate. Desperate enough to steal a witch from her burning pyre!
Life in the middle ages sucked! Especially if you were a witch. Gwendolyn remembers watching her mother burn on a pyre when she was a little girl. Her only company as she grew up was her loving father until he was murdered and she was framed for the deed.
After Alexrescues kidnaps her from the MacSween clan, he tells her she is his prisoner and must use her powers to cure his dying son. He fully believes that she was justly tried by the MacSweens when they found her guilty.
There's a nice slow progression from her being the vilified and untrusted outsider to a cherished member of their clan by the end of the book.
Gwen is used to being stoic and keeping a close watch on those around her. She notices things others do not.
Is she a witch? Well, there are some interesting coincidences...
Alex has grieved so much for his first wife who died 4 years ago, that many think him mad. Is this a love triangle with a ghost?... Not really IMHO.
To keep the story from getting too dark, there's a slew of humorous side characers.
There is an OW wannabe.
Anyways, I was surprised how much I enjoyed this one as I've had it on my TBR for years!
Life in the middle ages sucked! Especially if you were a witch. Gwendolyn remembers watching her mother burn on a pyre when she was a little girl. Her only company as she grew up was her loving father until he was murdered and she was framed for the deed.
After Alex
There's a nice slow progression from her being the vilified and untrusted outsider to a cherished member of their clan by the end of the book.
Gwen is used to being stoic and keeping a close watch on those around her. She notices things others do not.
Is she a witch? Well, there are some interesting coincidences...
Alex has grieved so much for his first wife who died 4 years ago, that many think him mad. Is this a love triangle with a ghost?... Not really IMHO.
Spoiler
He is drawn to Gwen from the first with more passion than he thought he was capable. The author does a fine job walking the fence between trivializing his love for his first wife, yet not making Gwen seem like second best. There is a suggestion that his first wife's ghost has lingered but not in any corporeal way. Like a feeling of sadness because she dies such a long lingering painful death.To keep the story from getting too dark, there's a slew of humorous side characers.
There is an OW wannabe.
Spoiler
My only complaint was that the story doesn't specify if she gets her just deserts. I like to think Alex would have married the bitch off to a clan as far removed as he could find.Anyways, I was surprised how much I enjoyed this one as I've had it on my TBR for years!