My Lady Wayward [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Lael St. James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2001

The world's uncertainties visit St. Swithin's Abbey when a wounded knight appears. As Meg Redclift restores him to health, she finds herself overwhelmingly attracted to this man who can't remember anything about himself or the attack that brought him down. The mystery man fears that a shadowy past may have put him in this position, and because he may be a dishonorable person, he fights his desire for Meg. When they are forced to flee the Abbey, he's plunged into a quest with a woman who is his greatest temptation, and perhaps his only salvation. Dodging deadly assaults, this knight errant must trust his warrior instincts and dare to find the truth about himself.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 534 pages
• Publisher: Sonnet Books (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073942405X
• ISBN-13: 978-0739424056
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.8 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,892,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great storytelling, November 27, 2001

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Lady Wayward (Sonnet Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

The mummer finds the severely injured knight, Gresham Sedgewick lying unconscious near his hurt but awake squire. The mummer takes Gresham to the nearby St. Swithin's Abbey where the nuns can nurse him back to health even as his frightened squire flees.

Siblings, Meg and Elizabeth Redclift, are the first to see the still comatose Gresham lie very still just outside the abbey. Meg decides she must tend to the man's injuries, but when he finally regains cognizance he has no idea of his identity or who attacked him due to amnesia. However, the tiny tidbits that flash in his mind tells Gresham he has lived a violent life. As he and Meg begin to fall in love, he feels unworthy of his cherished soul mate because of the possible atrocities he might have conducted. Still, the duo goes on a quest to help him find his past and to insure her other sister Gabriella is safe even as the plague sweeps the land making travel hazardous.

MY LADY WAYWARD will invigorate those medieval romance fans who want a deep enriching flavor of the times throughout their plot. The story line is at its majestic best when Meg and Gresham encounter various people on their journey. When Gresham turns introspective the audience has a dual edged sword to deal with as he becomes more understandable yet he slows down the plot. Linda Lael Miller has written an appealing historical romance that the audience will appreciate for its sonorous texture.

Harriet Klausner

9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT, December 16, 2001

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"lmrg" (PUERTO RICO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Lady Wayward (Sonnet Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

My Lady Wayward was a huge disapointment. Ms. Miller gave so much attention to the filth, the plague, and the lack of hygiene that she forgot to "complete" the story. I kept on reading the novel through boring and repetitive sections, because I was curious about important details of Gresham's past that he could not remember. I wanted to know why he left his pregnant wife; who took his son away to be fostered; why his wife was unfaithful to him; why he abandoned his son, etc. But when he finally recovered his memory Ms. Miller was in such a hurry to finish the book that she neglected to include those vital facts. We were led to believe that the hero was really a thoughtless cad who deserved to be disowned by his father before his injury, after which his personality changed drastically for the better. When at the end of the book Gresham tells his son that he killed the mummer, we don't even get to know how the boy took this information and how this fact affected their relationship. As for Meg, she was not a very interesting heroine, but she was acceptable. How could Ms. Miller do that to her readers? She should refer to Josie Litton's novels: Ms. Litton gives meticulous attention to every detail, and does not leave a single lose end. I think that many historical romance readers are intelligent, educated, and demanding. We expect excellence and respect from authors, and right now I feel very let down and disinclined to buy or recommend Ms. Miller's books in the future.