The Border Lord and the Lady
By (Author) Bertrice Small
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Penguin Putnam Inc
Signet
6th October 2009
United States
Paperback
432
Width 153mm, Height 228mm, Spine 24mm
454g
From the New York Times bestselling authorthe fourth passionate romance in the Border Chronicles series. Lady Cicely Bowen, daughter of the Earl of Leighton, is sent away by her father when her jealous stepmother threatens her safety. Soon the exiled Cicely becomes best friends with Lady Joan Beaufort, the kings cousinand when Joan is married to King James I of Scotland she chooses Cicely as one of the ladies accompany her north At the Scots court Cicely finds herself pursued by two menelegant Andrew Gordon, the laird of Fairlee, and Ian Douglas, the laird of Glengorm, a rough-spoken border lord. When Ian kidnaps Cicely just as Andrew is about to propose, the royal court is sent into an uproar. The queen is demanding the return of her friend and the Gordons are threatening to set the border on fire. But the border lord is difficult to tameand the ladys heart is even harder to claim.
Bertrice Smallwas theNew York Timesbestselling author of more than fifty novels. Among her numerous awards, she was the recipient of the RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. She lived on the North Fork of the eastern end of Long Island, New York, until her death in 2015.