HER WARRIOR SLAVE by Michelle Willingham

*It's not your imagination. I really am reading more Romance genre novels these days. All those mushy pregnancy hormones, you know, and I gotta have a Happily Ever After. I weep over dog food commericals, okay? So, if you're an author or an author associate with a Romance novel which needs reviewing, I'm your girl, the Blogging Book Reviewer Now On Semi-Bedrest! Any mushy Romance novel will do, the mushier the better. Not interested in Heroines who don't absolutely adore babies and small fluffy animals. eBooks are happily accepted.*
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Okay, on with the review.
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HER WARRIOR SLAVE is a good one for you if graphic descriptions of naked body parts trip your personal 'ick' factor, but you never met a chocolate you didn't like. The romantic tension is good and then they're all over each other like a bad rash.
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Iseult is a passionate lass who previously didn't have a lot of sound judgment in a place and during a time when such treats were not well tolerated. She got knocked up and then her lover left her for the monastary, of all things. As you might expect, that didn't exactly make her feel good about herself. So, she had a baby out of wedlock and her family figured her marriage prospects were pretty much shot. Since women didn't have many career prospects back then, her life was a bust. But, it got worse. Someone kidnapped her baby. So, while Iseult is distraught and desperately searching for her baby, a chief's son falls madly in love with her and presents her with an option too good to be true. Marriage to wealth and privilage. Her family's thrilled for her, of course, and his mother not so much, but she agrees to it even though she doesn't love him because, well, what else is she gonna do? Meanwhile, she keeps searching for her baby.
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Then, one day her husband-to-be buys a beaten up slave whose sense of dignity isn't exactly typical of his supposed class. When it's discovered Kieran's a talented wood carver, the husband-to-be orders him to carve a likeness of Iseult. He obeys. Stupid husband-to-be. You know, some guys really need to learn not to take their women for granted.
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Eventually, Kieran learns of Iseult's desperate search for her son and their romance builds as they come to know each other as human beings and man and woman, rather than mistress and slave. Soon, he becomes driven to find her baby, which, of course, would make any mommy swoon. I call it Excellent Dad Potential and if you want to be a mommy don't marry a guy who doesn't got it. Needless to say, they can't live without each other after that.
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If you like HER WARRIOR SLAVE, you might also like CRUSADER'S LADY by Lynna Banning - http://enduringromance.blogspot.com/2008/01/crusaders-lady-by-lynna-banning.html To learn more about Michelle Willingham, pop over to her website- http://www.michellewillingham.com/ It's gorgeous and well-organized. I'd give this a Heat Level of Highly Sensual, but, like I referred to, there are no graphic descriptions of naked body parents, just lots o' lovin'. So, I'll put this one at Sensual.