Madeline Hunter

Historical/Medieval

O – 4.25S – 3.25CC – 2

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Madeline Hunter is on my Short List of really good romance writers, and "By Possession" is my favorite of her Medievals.

Addis de Valence returns from the Crusades a hardened man nothing like the carefree squire he'd been when young Moira Falkner worshipped him from afar. Now a woman grown, earthy and sensual Moira earns Addis's notice and the battle-scarred knight finds solace in her presence.

There will be no peace for Moira, however, until she's free of her bond to Addis's land as well as the love she cannot bear to give him without condition. The bittersweet nature of their love story makes the heart ache in an oh-so-good way.

Madeline Hunter has an eye and an ear for details that make an historical novel both authentic and fun to read. She creates prose that brings to life the sensual textures, heady aromas, plaintive tonalities, and practical mechanical sights that must have made up medieval existence. Her dialogue and stories ring true as well.

I just love her novels.