One Knight Stands (Signet Eclipse) [Paperback]

Jocelyn Kelley (Author)

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Publication Date: October 4, 2005 | Series: Signet Eclipse

Elspeth Braybrooke, trained in the knightly arts, has no defense against her heart when she meets a handsome warrior with dark secrets and a manly, irresistible caress.

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Welsh legend says that if the king should set foot upon the stone known as Llech-lafar after coming back from war, he will die. Eleanor of Aquitaine sends Elspeth Braybrooke, a novice of St. Jude's Abbey, to Wales to find the stone and prevent the prophecy. Her task is hard enough as it is, but is complicated further when Tarran ap Llyr mistakes her for a damsel in distress, preventing her from gaining important information regarding the stone's whereabouts. But the true danger lies within her heart as her mission grows to include saving this prince from his darkest nightmares. Kelley, who also writes as Jo Ann Ferguson, delivers a story of well-paced action, richly detailed in period lore, and caps it off with a hero worth fighting for. With engaging characters and the tease of a bigger mystery, the beauty of the Ladies of St. Jude's Abbey series (A Knight Like No Other, 2005) blooms sweeter with each new novel. Nina Davis
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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Signet (October 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451216873
• ISBN-13: 978-0451216878
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,100,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4 stars, December 11, 2008

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D. K. Stokes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Knight Stands (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)

I really like this series--about women trained at St. Jude's Abbey in the "knightly arts."

This one has the heroine looking for a stone in Wales that is cursed so that if the King steps on it, he'll die. The hero is on a quest to kill the man who killed his wife.

It gets 4 stars because I didn't quite get the point of the killer--seemed like there should have been more to it.

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't wait till it came out.!, October 28, 2005

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Terra Lichtenstiger "greenlilpixie" (Fort Wayne, IN, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Knight Stands (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)

I coludn't wait till the second book came out. I loved the first one and was hoping that the second would be just as good. It was just shy of beating the first as my favorite romance novel. You end up really liking the characters a lot. Now I can't wait till the third book comes out and the next one. Hopefully their will be a lot more books like these because they are truely great reads. I know that this is not an overly helpful review but, I hope that you will pick up the book yourself and read it.

4.0 out of 5 stars St. Jude's Abbey returns., October 10, 2005

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Detra Fitch (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Knight Stands (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)

Set in twelfth-century England. Queen Eleanor, of Aquitaine, established St. Jude's Abbey. There, young women train in the knightly arts, as well as the martial arts from the East. In times of trouble, when hope is slim, Queen Eleanor calls upon these women to protect the royal family and England.

Elspeth Braybrooke's weapon of choice is a staff. Queen Eleanor gives her the task of locating the "Llech-lafar". It is a legendary stone of Merlin's. Prophecy states that if the King steps upon the stone he will die. So Elspeth's quest is to find the stone and keep the prophecy from happening.

(Welsh Prince) Tarran ap Llyr and his men are escorting an elderly woman, Vala, to Tyddewi when they see Elspeth hanging from a castle's narrow window. Tarran is surprised to learn that she is trying to get in, rather than out. Soon Tarran and his men come to respect Elspeth's fighting abilities and bits of wisdom. Tarran convinces Elspeth to accompany them and keep Vala company. Since they are going her way, and it is safer to travel with a group, she agrees. Yet she must not let herself be diverted from her important task by Tarran's touch.

Tarran feels the same heat of attraction for Elspeth. Yet he, too, must not be diverted. Tarran is searching for the man who murdered his wife, Bradwr ap Glew. A man who was once Tarran's most trusted friend.

**** This is the second book involving the strong women of St. Jude's Abbey. (The first is titled A KNIGHT LIKE NO OTHER.) I found myself so engrossed in this story that I did not realize I was learning so much about English history! The tale grabbed my attention from the beginning, then kept up a steady pace of action, plot, and romance until the very end. You will never find yourself growing bored while reading this book. Recommended! ****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.