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Bride's Portion (Baldwin Brides) (Harlequin Historical, No. 266)

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Lillis of Wellewyn was the most beautiful woman Alexsander Baldwin had ever seen. His younger twin brothers had kidnapped her and thought that he would be pleased by their resourcefulness because Lillis was the daughter of his most hated enemy, Jaward of Wellewyn.

Lillis had spent the last 10 years of her life in a convent and was anxious to get home, now she was being held prisoner by this hateful person who was undeniably handsome and already betrothed to a beautiful cousin. In order to save his people from ruin because of her father's demented anger Lillis was forced to wed this man, so that he could gain her 'bride's portion' which was the land and river that her father had dammed up.

What follows is an absolutely wonderful tale of wheeling and dealing medeival style. This was a very fast moving story, with many plots and subplots that were skillfully woven together and tied up so quite nicely.

I really enjoyed this story, my first by this author and I look forward to reading the rest she has to offer.

The heroine is kind, practical, and pretty boring, really. Just about any other character that cares to walk onto the page outshines the hero. To tell the truth the romance between Lillis's jilted intended and Alexander's jilted intended was far more interesting. Too bad it only gets about 12 pages. I wonder why the author named the brothers Willem and Alex Baldwin. At least she didn't name the rest of the family Daniel and Stephen.

I received the book in the exact condition that it was listed as and i received it very quickly. thank you

Lillis of Wellewyn was the most beautiful woman Alexander had ever seen. A bride out of legend. Yet never could he claim her as his own, for he had vowed to let her to when the last of his people were free from her father's tyranny.

Alexander Baldwin was known as an honorable knight, yet to Lillis he was nothing more than a bully who had married her for her dowered lands. A man who had not only made her his prisoner, but had slowly, and ruthlessly, stolen her heart.

Not unreadable.
But the hero is a jerk. Really.
Read Beguiled instead. Or better yet, the Coming Home Place.

Lilis was the most normal of the women in these stories. I would have to say from what of Susan Paul's work. She knows where love and life really cross roads with one another.