A Knight's Vow [Mass Market Paperback]

Lynn Kurland (Author), Patricia Potter (Author), Deborah Simmons (Author), Glynnis Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 29, 2001

Knights to remember...

Fantasies are made of knights in shining armor.  Men whose ferocity in battle was tempered by a code of chivalry...whose passions brought them to their knees before the women they desired...whose loyalty and honor  never wavered--and whose vows were never broken.  These are the men of our dreams--and now you can find them in four breathtaking Medieval tales by today's most acclaimed writers of historical romance...

A Knight's Vow

Featuring:

"The Traveller" by Lynn Kurland
"The Minstrel" by Patricial Potter
"The Bachelor Knight" by Deborah Simmons
"The Siege" by Glynnis Campbell

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Set during the misty Middle Ages, when brave knights in shining armor rescued fair maidens and chivalry and honor were prized above all things, this quartet of novellas from some of the genre's best-known writers takes the concept of the vow and spins it into four very different yet thematically linked medieval tales. Kurland leads off with "The Traveller," a humorous time travel piece that tosses a modern-day woman back into the life of a 13th-century knight who needs to reclaim his inheritance. Patricia Potter follows with "The Minstrel," her charming story of a lord who promises his dying mother he will only marry for love and becomes a traveling musician in order to find a woman who can make his own heart sing. "The Bachelor Knight," Deborah Simmons's story of a valiant but lowly born knight who is forced to honor an old vow and marry a lady so that she can retain her holdings, and Glynnis Campbell's "The Siege," a romantic tale of a knight and his reluctant intended, unaware of the other's identity and trapped together during an assault on her family's castle, nicely round out the collection. A worthy collection that should appeal to most medieval romance fans.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 342 pages
• Publisher: Jove (August 29, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515131512
• ISBN-13: 978-0515131512
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #539,134 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Anthologies

More About the Author

When Glynnis Campbell isn't writing historical romance, she's the voice of several cartoon characters, the wife of a rock star, and mother to two teenagers and a pug named Worf.

She's had a colorful career in several fields of the entertainment industry, dancing with the Sacramento Ballet, scoring music for science films, singing in the CBS Records band, The Pinups, playing drums in a Tom Jones video, recording "Star Wars" audio adventures, and providing mystic speeches and death screams for Diablo and Starcraft video games.

Glynnis has been fascinated with the written word ever since she won her first writing contest with a limerick at the age of 11. She's been enchanted by romance fiction from the first time a schoolmate slipped her a dog-eared Woodiwiss in class. And she's had a lifelong love of towering castles, trusty swords, and knights in shining armor.

Her premier novel in the Knights of de Ware trilogy for Jove, My Champion, made Glynnis a finalist in the Orange Rose, Golden Heart, and Rita Best First Book contests. Her Romantic Times review said "My Champion will have readers clamoring for more." She appeased those readers in October with her second book, My Warrior, and My Hero will follow in July 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not "that good"..want to know why??, November 8, 2001

By 

S. Rujirabanjerd "Syd" (Thailand) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: A Knight's Vow (Mass Market Paperback)

The reason I don't give this book 5-stars is not every story in this book is good. (Normally, Romance novel is not my thing. So it has to be a really really good story to keep me continue reading).. The first one (The traveller), is my most favorite. If you're Lynn Kurland's fan and love to read about de Piaget family or time-travelling, this is the one you don't want to miss. (I know this author through this novel and I really love her style of writing...really entertaining).. The second story (The minstrel) is fine. Not perfect but ..still fine. There's some time that I felt bored at its predictable story line but it's entertaining enough to keep going. The third story (The Bachelor knight)..this is the worst story in all 4. Well, it's not too bad...it's just not interesting and just cannot keep your attention until the very end..so a bit ruining your mood from the first two. The fourth one (The Seige) is better. The plot is interesting, in my opinion, and can entertain you on your boring day. It leaves the this-is-not-so-bad feeling when you finish the book.. Still.. although not a really good one, it's suitable for your bed time reading

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars In search of a new twist to an old theme, July 27, 2002

By 

chan kar on "arkhangel" (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: A Knight's Vow (Mass Market Paperback)

A Knight's Vow consists of four stories with the same theme - knight's vowing to "honor and protect helpless women" ends up marrying the "respsonsibility" they had taken care of.

Only the first and the last stories are worth a read. I have been a fan of all Lynn Kurland's time travel series and this story continues to interest me. A must read to add your collection of her time series.

The last one, "the seige" is also a must read for a new author. It is entertaining and caught my attention throughout the story. I wished it were longer. The idea of "knowing a person's soul first before the body" is an interesting part. And thus I am taking my time to collect all three of Gylnnis Campbell's de ware trilogy.

However the two stories in the middle -- "the minstrel" & "bachelor knight" were a bore. The minstrel was soo predictable that I could not finish the whole book. I felt like I would make up a better plot than Ms Potter. The concept of the "bachelor knight" was a good one. However, Ms. Simmons seems to fail at the task of developing a full entertaining and cohesive storyline along the concept. It is like watching the Movie "Scorpion King" after the two Mummy series that you have to laugh. Although all the ingredients are there, there is just something missing.

a good book for bedtime or hospital run read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So-So, April 28, 2005

By 

MYLILY (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Knight's Vow (Mass Market Paperback)

This collection is worth reading solely for Lynn Kurland's story and it isn't one of her best. However, it could have been if they had been smart enough to have her write it as a full length novel. The other stories were boring as hell. I do not understand why the publisher persists in having Lynn write short stories. They are NOT her forte. She is too good an author to waste like that.