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Hers to Command (Brothers-in-Arms, Book 4) (Harlequin Super Historical Romance)

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In 1243 Martin informs Sir Roald De Sayre that he has insured that the garrison at Ecclesford has the worst weapons and ill trained knights in England, setting it up for failure. Roald pays off the former Ecclesford Commander by killing him.

Not long afterwards, with their father dead due to the betrayal of his Commander Martin, sisters Mathilde and Giselle know their home Ecclesford is in jeopardy of odious Roald taking it over though the older sibling inherited the castle. They need a knight to protect them so they venture to a nearby inn where they enlist the drunken Sir Henry D'Alton. He agrees to help because he loathes Roald. He changes his plans especially after learning that the beautiful quiet Giselle is quite a prize catch since through her he also can be the lord of Ecclesford. To his chagrin, the mouthy protective younger sister Mathilde heats his blood, but first he must deal with the odious Roald who will do anything to take Ecclesford including taking the new owner without her agreeing.

HERS TO COMMAND is a pleasurable medieval romance that contains a wonderful romance between the knight and the "termagant. The relationship between Henry and Mathilde is delightful as she rips his skin for even considering her sibling while he rips his skin for considering her. Though Roald is too nasty of a sociopath, fans will enjoy the" shrew's" taming of the knight. No one writes a medieval romance quite like this talented author.

Harriet Klausner

I liked the beginning and hated the way she ended the book. The heroine was stupid at the end. I liked Henry in the previous books I hated the fact Moore made a ruin of him at the end of the book. He deserved a happier end to his story than what he got. He's a humiliated washed up physically ruined knight at the end. After all he did for the others in previous books it was a sad end to his story. I don't mean that because he is deformed either. He was a just a such a good character I didn't want to have anything bad happen to him. Expecially since it could have ended up better.

I finally stopped around p80. There was no character development of the two sisters (beyond one is pretty, the other smart) - at least by p80 and the knight just spent 80 pages trying to decide which sister (or servant) to sleep with - he still had not decided when I decided to close the book for good. This testosterone driven knight was not interesting enough for me to keep going. Jennifer Blake's "Louisiana Dawn" or Lisa Kleypas' "Then Came You" or Joanna Lindsey's "Captive of My Desires" were so much better.

Readers will continue to be entertained by the excellent writting of M.Moore.

I loved this book, whenever I would put it down I wanted to return to Eddinsborough. LOVED IT!!