Knight of Mayhem
Sherry Ewing
Medieval Historical
Torn between duty and love, can a knight and a woman warrior forget they are enemies and let love into their hearts?
As one of Empress Matilda’s most trusted knights, Lord Richard Grancourt helps plan his monarch’s escape when Oxford Castle is held under siege by King Stephen’s army. When a woman in Stephen’s forces discovers their plan, Richard is tasked with remaining behind and keeping her silent.
Lady Annora de Maris will do anything to save her son, who has been King Stephen’s hostage since his men killed her husband and took her home. Though she’s forced to raise her sword against King Stephen’s enemies, her loyalties are secretly with the Empress she’s compelled to fight against.
Richard takes Annora captive, but his tactics challenge his beliefs about honor and justice, and his feelings for Annora conflict with his duty.
As the mayhem of war pulls Richard and Annora apart, can love overcome the barriers that separate them?
Uncaged Review: The knight of Mayhem, Lord Richard Grancourt, might have always been the champion of chaos and disruption. Richard was also known to be an upstanding and loyal man-at-arms of the Empress Matilda. As Richard, some other friends, his sister and Queen Matilda stayed trapped in a castle in Oxford, England, Richard comes up with a brilliant plan to move the Queen out in the dead of night. As the plans get under way, Richard runs into Lady Annora de Maris, an enemy and loyal supporter of King Stephen. Richard takes her prisoner just so the Queen can escape and brings Annora back to the castle. Richard might keep her as a prisoner, but he was also sworn to protect her too. As Richard gets to know Annora though, the attraction between them flares. Pretty soon, Richard had fallen deeply in love with Annora, which could bring him down, including everything he had stood for too.
Since I have fully been invested in this series, I could not avoid reading this book! So, no, I wasn’t going to just stop reading because Richard isn’t truly a brother to the Norwood’s. He is still a brother to them in his heart and spirit, he is part of them. I truly do relish these stories of big honorable knights that can do no wrong, but when they meet their match in the feisty spitfire of a woman, they fall and fall hard! The book even seems almost real because there are kernels of truth spilled throughout, with the Empress Matilda, King Stephen and the Anarchy being real live people and a real event. Of course, the book just captivates and spins a tale wrapping the reader and me up, never letting go until the end! Richard is the consummate-flawed hero who captures Annora, but she doesn’t seem to mind. While Annora is the fire to his ice. There were some minor things that didn’t make sense, but the story still flowed smoothly, and it’s sad that the book and series had to end. I hope Ms. Sherry Ewing writes more stories of warriors because I definitely will read them! Reviewed by Roslynn Ernst
4.5 Stars
