Only for a Knight

July 1, 2005
Robbie MacKenzie is wending his reluctant way home to marry the daughter of his clan's sworn enemy, the unlovely and spiteful Euphemia MacLeod, when he comes upon a bonnie lass about to drown. Ever the noble knight, he plunges in to rescue her, only to learn that she remembers nothing of her past, and so he determines to carry her off to Eilean Creag Castle for her safety and his pleasure. Complicating matters, Juliana Mackay--for such is his inamorata's name--comes to realize that her mission was to repay her mother's debt to the laird, who is coincidentally her own uncle and Robbie's father. Ghosts, visions, and foul plots abound in this lusty, rollicking medieval Scottish romance. Fans of Welfonder's previous tales will remember young Robbie and rejoice in revisiting favorite haunts and characters; new readers are in for a treat as they encounter the award-winning author's well-researched, vividly re-created vision of Scotland's glorious past.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2005, American Library Association.)