Wedding for a Knight (Warner Forever) (Mass Market Paperback)

~ (Author) "A PROXY WEDDING?" Amicia MacLean shot from her seat at the dais table, her fine good humor of moments before, forgotten..." (more)
Key Phrases: ghost galley, latrine chute, boat strand, Clan Fingon, Colin Grant, Beldam's Chair (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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A USA Today Bestseller! -- USA Today

Anyone enamored with things Scottish will not want to miss this romance. Escape to the Highlands and fall in love. -- Romance Reviews Today - Sandra Brill

Authenticity, historical ambiance, passion, and irrepressible romance. Welfonder’s love for all things Scottish shines ... one of her best efforts yet. -- The Road to Romance - Rashmi Srinivas

Charming ... a treat! A brooding hero, a strong-willed, wonderful heroine, a touch of magic and humor ... I definitely recommend it -- A Romance Review - Mireya

History and beautiful details of Scotland. Romance, spunk, and mystery. A must read! -- Rendevous - SSM

Loved your characters, internal dialogue, and plotting. Thank you for sharing your vivid imagination and talent. -- Sandy Blair, Author, upon the 2001 release of DEVIL IN A KILT

Romance, passion, mystery, and a touch of the paranormal ... Welfonder has once more given us a story to love. -- The Romance Reader's Connection - Wendy Keel

Stunning. Beautifully written, sensual and compelling. Leaves you longing for Scotland. No one writes gritty, passionate romances like Welfonder! -- Historical Romance Club

The magic and mystery Welfonder's devoted fans have come to expect. Highly entertaining. Meticulously researched. A Highland gem! -- Marilyn Rondeau, Historical Romance Writers - A Romance Designs Community Website

Welfonder has the ability to make you believe you are there. -- Romantic Times Magazine

Product Description

Even a marriage by proxy can't spoil the joy Lady Amicia MacLean feels when she is wedded to Magnus MacKinnon. With his quick wit and dashing smile, the roguish warrior captured her heart when she was still a girl. It's not until he returns from battle that Amicia discovers the truth: the union was made to fill empty MacKinnon coffers with MacLean gold. Magnus knew nothing of this marriage. Honorable and proud, he intends to rebuild his clan's fortune coin by coin himself - and wants nothing to do with his bonny new bride. But Amicia is not one to give up without a fight. She plans to invade Magnus's bedchamber, offer tantalizing glimpses of what every husband has the right to see, and settle for nothing less than the total surrender of the most stubborn knight in the realm!

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Forever (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446613819
• ISBN-13: 978-0446613811
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,833 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Scottish Highland Read , October 12, 2004

By	M. Rondeau (West Springfield, MA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Lady Amicia MacLean was wary when her brothers informed her that they had arranged a marriage for her - that is until she learned whom the prospective bridegroom to be was. It was like a dream come true, even if it was to be a proxy wedding - the groom was none other than Magnus MacKinnon, the boy she'd fell in love with when she was only a child of twelve. At the time they'd met, they'd each been from rival clans, but Amicia held fast and kept the love she had for him alive in her heart for all the intervening years. Now, with Magnus finally coming home a returning hero, the rivalry has been put aside and Amicia was overjoyed.

Magnus MacKinnon had been away for many years competing in tourneys in an attempt to win enough to reinstate the MacKinnon's keep back to some semblance of it's former glory and to be able to win the hand of the Amicia MacLean, the young raven haired girl who'd stolen his heart years ago. Magnus MacKinnon, bone weary both in body and mind, was coming home, but penniless now that his hard earned winnings had been stolen while he battled the English at the battle of Dupplin Moor. The last thing he needed was discovering that he now had a `bride' waiting for him whose generous dowry was already being used, Magnus' pride and honor had just taken another hit! Oh, he wanted her alright but he wanted to be the one to rebuild the clan's fortune, not from the coin received from his bride.

Discovering that Magnus was ready to have the marriage annulled and have Amicia sent back, she dug in her heels - Amica was not about to give up after coming so close to having her dreams realized. She'd do whatever was necessary to tempt the stubborn Highlander into consummating their union. With time running out, and an evil force lurking in the shadows wanting to wipe all traces of the once mighty MacKinnon clan off the face of the earth, would Amicia ever see the happily ever after she'd been waiting all her life for?

Sue-Ellen Welfonder, whose love of Medieval Scotland is so great one wonders if she isn't a reincarnation of one of the loving souls she creates in her stories. She maintains the magic and mystery that devoted fans have come to expect from her meticulously researched and highly entertaining Highland reads. In WEDDING FOR A KNIGHT she has injected originality, excitement, and a glimmer of the mystical along with a deeply satisfying love match. Amicia is a superb heroine - one who knows her own mind and was not about to be cast aside. The other truly enjoyable thing about both protagonists was that she was not the perfectly svelte glorious looking typical heroine, rather one with a `real' body - flaws and all - and that our hero thought of her as perfection! Bottom Line - The latest entry in her MacLean series is a stand-alone original `stand-out' of a Highland gem! --- Marilyn Rondeau for www.historicalromancewriters.com ---

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a beautiful story, September 22, 2004

By	Mary E. I. Folk "lizzygirl44" (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One of the most enjoyable books I have read all year. I really loved the heroine, so stole my heart. It was a wondeful Welfonder book. I cannot want for her next one. She just gets better and better.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Conquers All!, August 21, 2004

By	Deven Vasko "devenvasko" (Mobile, AL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Magnus MacKinnon has loved Amicia since the first time they met but a feud between their families and the lack of a family fortune all but kills his hopes for a future with her. He begins a process of rebuilding the family fortune so he can claim her for his own. When his fortune is lost, his hope is gone. When against all odds, Lady Amicia MacLean is wed by proxy to the man of her dreams it is her belief that he knows and welcomes their union. Her hopes are dashed when he arrives home angry to discover a proxy wife and her dowry succeeding to revamp his family's home and lands where he failed. Amicia only knows she must rely on the heritage and sexual tips passed down by her clan's women to claim his heart before he sends her home.

Sue-Ellen Welfonder shows a love for historical Scotland that will lighten and inspire the reader. I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in historical romance.

Reviewer name: Deven D. Vasko of Betsie's Literary Page
http://betsie.tripod.com/literary/