Spring's Fury [Kindle Edition]

Denise Domning (Author)

Book Description

SPRING'S FURY from award-winning, Amazon internationally best-selling author Denise Domning

A WOMAN trained to wield a
sword, plotting revenge against the man who killed her sire. A KNIGHT, claiming her land as his own.  If they are to survive the hungry season
it will take every bit of his talent for taming wild creatures. SPRING'S FURY

Five out of Five Stars
"Wonderful detail of life during the Middle Ages in England. I enjoyed this book because it was more interested in fighting, betrayal, deception, and honor than romance. I plan on reading everything this lady writes."

SPRING'S FURY is an enthralling captive/captor style romance with that special Denise
Domning touch. ---Romantic Times Magazine

"This book has it all intrigue, deception, a woman warrior, growing love and a strong woman character."

Five out of Five Stars
SPRING'S FURY ... keeps its readers enthralled with dynamic dialog and a tempestuous story line page after page, to the very end.-- Literary Times, Inc.

"What happens when two strong, independent characters are thrown together? Read Ms.Domning's SPRING'S FURY and find out."

This book is only for readers who love their history accurate, their knights Medieval and their women strong. 

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Ms. Domning's mastery of the time is evident in this sparkling medieval jewel. Denise Domning directs a riveting presentation of rollicking action with a marvelous cast of characters in a superb plot line, headlining two unforgettable lovers that are sure to find a lasting place in your heart. Denise Domning's impressive talent for mesmerizing her readers leaves them dreaming long after the last page."---Lori Wright -- Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times

From the Author

After writing about life in a Medieval castle (Winter's Heat), then life in a Medieval town (Summer's Storm) it only made sense to take a look at a Medieval manor. These small holdings were the backbone of the country. Lucky for me that after two books my publisher still wanted more. Even luckier, I still had two more FitzHenry brothers to explore. Thus Spring's Fury was born.

I chose to write about Gilliam first because I hadn't yet even seen Geoffrey in my imagination although I was aware of him. Although I hadn't done it on purpose, Gilliam reminded me of my second son Justin. Like Gilliam, Justin was then a curly-haired blond (his hair has darkened since but is still just as curly), and a very big man. Let me just say that when Justin went to freshman orientation at high school, the football coach made a beeline for him and nearly got down on his knees to beg Justin to join the team. Justin, who now wears a 53 jacket, refused.

What I had yet to discover back then was that Justin has Asperger's Syndrome, or high functioning Autism. Oh, we knew something was quite right, like how he walked as a child: step, step, step, turn; step, step, step, turn. Or the way he'd take a silver pen and move it back and forth in front of his eyes for minutes at a time to calm himself. But, he was verbal and very, very, very bright. He started his first business at fourteen, teaching people how to use their computers. No surprise that he is now a highly successful computer programmer.

I didn't know any of that back when Gilliam's story occurred to me so I let myself imagine what Justin's life might have been like if he'd lived in the Twelfth Century. 

I hope you enjoy it!

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Product Details

• File Size: 737 KB
• Print Length: 384 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004RK0FPO
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,468 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall Rating: 3.85 February 14, 2011

By LoveMy5Dogs

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Overall Rating: 3.85 // Action: 3.75 / Emotion: 4 / Romance: 4.5 / Sensuous: 2 / Intrigue: 3 / Medieval Flavor: 5 // Humor: 8 / Tears: 0

"Spring's Fury," Denise Domning's third book in her five-book series, "The Graistan Chronicles," is another adventure in true medieval-flavored reading. Although the book can easily be read as a stand-alone book, "Spring's Fury" features a hero and heroine that were introduced in book one of the series, "Winter's Heat." Would recommend reading at least the first book of the series before reading this third book to get a better feel for the events and emotions occurring herein.

Gilliam FitzHenry, the fourth son of Henry of Graistan, has been handed his life's dream -- a keep of his own. Gilliam is having to rebuild Ashby because it had been partially burned down during a siege (that occurred in "Winter's Heat"). Gilliam wants to marry the wild, unruly, daughter of the previous ruler of Ashby, Nicola, because {1} the people of Ashby love her, and {2) she knows how to manage Ashby into prosperity.

Nicola, however, has no desire whatsoever to marry any man, much less the man she saw kill her father (during said siege). Nicola has been spoiled by her father, John of Ashby, who allowed her to train with his men. In true youthful visions of grandeur, Nicola believes she is capable of ruling and protecting Ashby on her own -- if only her overlord, Rannulf of Graistan, would see the light.

Rannulf, however, is more than willing to marry off Nicola to get the willful, trouble-making, escape-attempting ward off his hands. "Spring's Fury" is an exciting account of how Nicola tries to escape her marriage and Gilliam's efforts to catch and subdue his new bride. The book is full of adventures, romance, and the day-to-day intricacies of medieval life.

The book is also filled with two well-developed, intriguing secondary characters who add depth to the story; namely, {1} Tilda (Nicola's "more sister than servant" best friend) and {2} Jocelyn (Gilliam's weakling-minded squire). A plethora of other villagers also add realism and insightfulness to the tale.

A more detailed, spoiler-ridden synopsis/review of "Spring's Fury" appears at [...]

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Hero and a Heroine you just have to like December 18, 2011

By Hello Forehead

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Read the book in one sitting and I loved it! There were just enough conflicts that made it really interesting and it was quite refreshing to have a heroine who was tough, not always angry, not a simpering fool and very like-able. There was enough historical detail of where they lived and how they lived without going overboard.

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A sdtrong woman character and a likeable knight :) September 10, 2002

By Tanya L. Schaub

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Let me start by saying I loved this book. I had to buy it used as I could not find a copy that was new.

This is a fantastic story. First the main hero of the story does not belittle or mistreat the heroine (Nicola) as they do in many of the period pieces. He lets her warm up to him and even seems to enjoy sparing with her. In fact it is he who requests that his brother let him marry her. He knows that to see his people (which was more than he could hope for)through the winter he needs her to make sure that all the winter preparations are taken care of. Therefore amazing her in the fact that someone needs her! Also the fact that he finds her beautiful (as non one else has) and not the giantesse of Ashby makes her come to love him.

There is also a side plot where Gilliam is training a new quire (Jos) who does not know how to be a little boy let alone a squire. It is fun to see him grow up and gain responsibility throughout the book.

This book has it all intrigue, deception, a woman warrior, growing love and a strong woman character.

More About the Author

May 20, 2013
Last night we watched from the porch as a beaver swam up the ditch beneath our house, sat on the weedy stuff that's growing way too thickly this year (it didn't get cold enough this winter to put it in check) and dined on crayfish, most likely. Firstly, beavers are scary big. Secondly, they're really not that pretty. But most importantly, as long as it's eating crayfish it's not taking down my peach tree. Yet.

Now back to our regular programming.

Denise Domning is the award-winning, best-selling author of eleven historical novels and the co-author with Monica Sarli of one gritty, hard-bitten memoir of addiction and recovery. Of the two genres she frankly prefers the rats, grime and fleas of the Twelfth Century over the ghettos and drug use of modern Kansas City. For Denise, writing means using words as her time machine and painting an accurate portrait of a past. Open any of her novels, whether Twelfth, Thirteenth, Sixteenth or Nineteenth Century, and step into a bygone era. As one reviewer put it "...you live the life and the language, smell the odors of unwashed humanity, and hear the sucking sounds as your flimsy shoes slog through mud and muck." Now doesn't that sound romantic?

Denise and her husband Ed live on a farm in Cornville (yes, Cornville), Arizona, where they plant veggies, milk cows and have an Easter egg hunt every day.

Amazon Author Rankbeta 

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#61 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Historical

#84 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Romance > Historical Romance

#88 in Books > Romance > Historical

#99 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical

#61 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Historical

#84 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Romance > Historical Romance

#88 in Books > Romance > Historical

#99 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical