Almost Innocent

Jane Feather

Nov 2009 · Almost Trilogy Book 1 · Sold by Bantam

About this ebook

Dear Reader,

Almost Innocent is a romance that is particularly dear to me, with a heroine who surprised me with her strength and resourcefulness, and a hero who will always be one of my favorites.

Growing up behind the impenetrable walls of an English fortress, young Magdalen does not know that she is the illegitimate daughter of a powerful English prince and his murdered French mistress -- or that she has been a pawn in the struggle between England and France ever since she slipped from her dying mother's womb.

All she knows is that she longs for excitement. And then one day, as if in answer to her prayers, the splendid figure of Guy de Gervais, a true knight in shining armor, rides into her cloistered world and spirits her away.

For Magdalen it is love at first sight. The one and only love of her life. Yet Guy sees only his responsibility to keep Magdalen safe until she can be wed to his nephew and thus fulfill her political destiny.

Then duty calls Guy to the bloody battlefields of France, and when he returns, time has transformed Magdalen into a stunningly sensual beauty. Suddenly the noble knight is fighting the fiercest battle of his life: against a searing desire for a woman he cannot have.

I hope that you will be thrilled by Magdalen and Guy's passionate love story, and that you will have as much pleasure reading it as I had writing it.

Warmest wishes,

Jane Feather

P.S. Don't miss my latest novel, The Widow's Kiss, featuring an enchantress who has been widowed no less than four times ... and the formidable hero who finds himself reluctantly falling under her spell.

Ratings and reviews

This is a good book if you want to read between books. I liked how the story went but there were a lot of holes in it. I like the love story that happens in the book. Espeically how she meets the man that take Magdalen to live with him until she is wed to his nephew to fill a politcal arragement that her father made after he ripped her from her dying mother womb.

Oh, what a great read! Politics, secrets, manipulation, guilt, lust and greed all play a role in this enthralling tale. It is a Rollercoaster of emotions, but what a ride. It is also an epic love story. Guy, was a true hero and I fell in with him myself. Magdalen was a strong, passionate, loving woman. It was intense as the story played out, definitely not a smooth path to true love. It also addresses parentage, and how we are affected by those blood ties. The hero, really made the book, and his goodness shone through it. I heartily recommend this book.

About the author

Jane Feather is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Almost a Bride, The Wedding Game, The Bride Hunt, The Bachelor List, Kissed by Shadows, To Kiss a Spy, The Widow’s Kiss, The Least Likely Bride, The Accidental Bride, The Hostage Bride, A Valentine Wedding, The Emerald Swan, and many other historical romances. She was born in Cairo, Egypt, and grew up in the New Forest, in the South of England. She began her writing career after she and her family moved to Washington, D.C., in 1981. She now has more than ten million copies of her books in print.