Product Description

At last free of a disastrous forced marriage, Edwina de Moreville accompanies Princess Berengaria and her betrothed, Richard the Lionheart, on a quest to the Holy Land to recapture Jerusalem from the Saracens. Edwina has been happily reunited with her first and only love, Stephen the Comte de Chalais, one of Richard's most loyal knights but, although their passion for each other is as strong as ever, the path before them will be far from easy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #478029 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 272 pages

From the Back Cover
‘"We should not," Edwina protested, all too briefly, before his lips covered hers. She thought she would swoon from the sheer bliss as Stephen’s tongue unexpectedly eased its way into her mouth. She clung onto him like a drowning woman as the pleasure overwhelmed her, making a soft entreating sound as he pulled her even closer, crushing her breasts against his muscular chest.’

At last free of a disastrous forced marriage, Edwina de Moreville accompanies Richard the Lionheart on a quest to the Holy Land. Recently reunited with her first and only love, Stephen the Comte de Chalais, their passion for each other is as strong as ever. But the path before them is shrouded in danger and betrayal.
A terrible storm at sea awaits, as does the cruel Emperor of Cyprus, Isaac Comenius. And Stephen has enemies of his own, including the Guy de Lusignan, King of Jerusalem - a tyrant who also wants Edwina. At the besieged city of Acre, their desperate situation becomes even more perilous. Renegade Knights Templar and a Saracen nobleman all seem determined to part the couple forever. And even Saladin has a part to play in their destiny.

About the Author
Deanna Ashford is the pseudonym of an author of historical, romantic and erotic fiction.

Customer Reviews

Where's my knight in shining armour?
This is the first book by this author that I've read, and also the first erotic book I've read set in this particular era - 1191 to be precise. Deanna Ashford's Templar Prize is set during the Holy War. The main character, Edwina de Moreville is recently widowed from her tyrant of a husband. Now freed from a loveless and abusive marriage, she is travelling with Richard the Lionheart, whose right-hand man, Stephen the Comte de Chalais, happens to be Edwina's first and only love. They are soon reunited and secretly reignite their passion, meeting wherever and whenever they can. They wish to marry as soon as possible and cement what has been denied them so long, but they must wait until the official mourning period for Edwina's husband is over. But it seems that fate intends to keep them apart a little longer.

Stephen is busy on various missions for his King and he and Edwina have little time to spend together, but they look forward to the end of the war and the chance to be together properly. In the meantime, however, they suffer storms at sea, kidnap and imprisonment. Circumstances and enemies conspire to keep them apart - until eventually Edwina is rescued from a powerful Saracen's harem and returned to the King, only to be told Stephen is dead. Distraught, in her weakened state she is bullied into a marriage she doesn't want. The only question is - will Stephen evade his captors and stop the ceremony in time?

I thought the plot was really interesting, a little different to the more modern-day Black Lace novels I've read of late, and a welcome change. I thought the sex scenes were really arousing and definitely made you wish you were in on the action! However, they were a little few and far between for my liking - the romping was so hot I wanted to read more of it! Definitely a very sexy book which I'd recommend to others, though the ending was a bit of an anti-climax.

Gotta love the cover of the book too - he could be my knight in shining armour any day!