Besieged (Skyes Legacy) [Mass Market Paperback]

Bertrice Small (Author)

Book Description

Series: Skyes Legacy | Publication Date: July 1, 2003

Skye's Legacy continues... With her fiery red hair and proud beauty, Lady Fortune Lindley has no lack of suitors. William Devers is an ideal match--wealthy, well-favored, and eager to have this free-spirited creature as his wife. But it's William's disinherited brother, Kieran--ruggedly handsome and dangerous as sin--who sets Fortune's senses reeling. Caught between the desires of two very different brothers, Fortune ignites both passion and revenge, and discovers a destiny that tests her will to claim a new land, and the one man she will love forever..... "Only someone of Ms. Small's caliber could create such a marvelous sensual read...Besieged does just what the very best of historical romance should do: educate, stimulate, and arouse." Bertrice Small is the bestselling author of many award-winning historical romances, including her Skye O'Malley series. A New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author, she has over fifteen million books in print and has also contributed to the bestselling Brava anthologies, Captivated and Fascinated. She lives with her husband in Southhold, New York.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758204302
• ISBN-13: 978-0758204301
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545,526 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bertrice Small is a New York Times bestselling author with more than 34 novels in print. She lives in the oldest English-speaking town in New York state. Her website is bertricesmall.com.

Customer Reviews

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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Small sizzles, February 25, 2000

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Besieged (Skye's Legacy, #3) (Paperback)

In 1630, after twenty years away, Jasmine Mary Lindley returns to Ulster accompanied by her third husband Lord James Leslie and her youngest daughter Lady Fortune. Jasmine hopes Fortune finds a husband in the land where the child was born just after her second husband, Fortune's father, was murdered. Regardless of whether Fortune finds a mate or not, the lass will gain control of Maguire's Ford, an estate where Catholics and Protestants harmoniously live and work together.

The prime choice is William Devers. However, Jasmine has problems with William's biased mother, who plans to toss the Catholics from Maguire's Ford once Fortune marries her son. William immediately wants the independent and feisty Fortune. In turn, she realizes he is the perfect mate for someone as pragmatic as she is. However, her heart stirs only when she meets William's disinherited older brother Kiernan, a devout Catholic who has given up everything to be able to practice his religion. While Fortune and Kiernan fall in love, an obsessed William will do whatever it takes to make Fortune his wife.

BESIEGED is the best historical romance that Bertrice Small has written in several years. The story line centers on the historical basis of the Irish Protestant-Catholic issue in a reasonable and honest way that provides insight to the audience. The lead couple is a majestic duo and the support cast augments the plot through their prejudices or tolerances. Jasmine embraces diversity as the ultimate win-win situation to the point that Dr. Covey could use her as a role model. Though a sidebar starring William slows down the novel, Ms. Small shows why she is a sub-genre superstar.

Harriet Klausner

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome Back, Bertrice Small!, March 14, 2000

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Deb Strubhart (Aviston IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Besieged (Skye's Legacy, #3) (Paperback)

I agree with the previous reviews. While Besieged was not as good as The Kadin or Skye O'Mally (these are my favorite books of all time), it seemed truer to the legacy of Madame Skye. Her last few books, while enjoyable, were not her best. Additionally, Jasmine and Jamie Leslie were much better in this than their last book with daughter India. I, too, wished Fortune could some how discover that Rory was her father. Alas, I can see where that would have tormented Jasmine's memory of her beloved second husband. I enjoyed the references to the New World and would have found more of their building of a new life in Mary's Land more interesting than that silly kidnapping. I'm really hoping we get a wonderful new book from Ms Small about Autumn Rose. After all, she has the blood of both Cyra Hafise (Janet Leslie) and Skye O'Malley running in her. Now that's a Legacy!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Improvement, March 30, 2000

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"deltas_roses" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Besieged (Skye's Legacy, #3) (Paperback)

I have just started reading Bertrice Small recently and started with the Skye O'Malley series. I have enjoyed this family series. I get hooked on all the family and eagerly await each new book to see what this active, adventurous family is doing. There is not a huge amount of references to Skye's many other kids and their activities in this book. But it is still well done. You could very easily pick up this book and read it without having read the rest of this series (however I recommend that you do so.) The history details are always very well done and interesting. Ms. Small has taken her readers to Ireland and the New World this time. The O'Malley clan will soon be worldwide. Fortune is every bit like the free spirited women in her family and wants to find that passionate, true love. Her mother and father have gotten their backbone back in this book. It was refreshing to see Jasmine to take a stand again. The only thing that I did not like was the Kidnapping scene. It seemed incomplete or maybe a last minute thought (not very well developed.) The book could stand alone without that scene. I look forward to seeing a mention of Fortune and more family moving to the New World as the colonies expand.