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My Noble Knight — Cynthia Breeding
Zebra, June 1, 2007, 384 pp
ISBN-10: 082178031X
ISBN-13: 978-0821780312
Medieval - circa 542 a.d.
$4.99 (US) $6.99 (CDN)
Reviewed by Marilyn Rondeau
June 2007
When Deidre of the Languedoc, daughter of a high priestess and direct descendent from the bloodline of Mary Magdalene sets out in search of the “Philosopher’s Stone”, she began an adventure that would be a turning point in her life. Carrying an old book with tales of a place called Camelot where fair ladies found themselves saved by chivalrous knights of old, she becomes enchanted with the thought that perhaps, she just may discover a noble knight for herself.
Deidre has the gift of ‘sight’ but unfortunately, no control over when, or if, it happens to show up. She only knows that she feels she’s on the right path towards finding the ‘stone’. When her escort is captured she escapes, only to find herself alone on Beltane eve. Caught unawares and about to be raped, she is saved by the most handsome man she’s ever seen – Gilead MacOengus who in her mind is a dream come true, her very own ‘noble knight’.
What a totally adventuresome and delightful read Ms. Breeding has come up with after her very original CAMELOT’S DESTINY! Keeping to much the same theme combining ancient myth with creativity and originality, she gives the reader a most entertaining and totally engrossing read.
Deidre was a delight, from the very first moment she encountered Gilead, her romantic nature envisioned him as Sir Lancelot and Sir Galahad all rolled into one. Sadly, she would soon find out that the world held not only noble knights but evil villains as well. Wow, does the author come up with a real slimy villain in which the author makes him so detestable that she had me on the edge of my seat thinking how in the world Deidre could be saved. Our hero Gilead was also well defined and complex, who had his hands full in trying to protect Deidre as well as his ailing mother. He was indeed the noblest of knights with an overabundance of honor - which thankfully his passion for Deidre would overcome!
One thing I found was as the author built the sensual tension between our two younger lovers; she gives the readers an even more passionate and hotly sensual read with the secondary love affair between Gilead’s father Angus and his lover Formorian – both married for duty but destined to love each other for eternity. While, not a proponent of extra-marital affairs, the author wrote this as a complex thread woven throughout, which truly surprised me with a terrific twist at the end of the story! – Sorry, my lips are sealed and you are just going to have to read this very sensually entertaining book to discover the secret of the stone, and the uniqueness of the noblest of knights. Ms. Breeding is a marvelous new talent who should be put on your auto-buy list.
Marilyn Rondeau, also reviews for RIO - Reviewers International Organization