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By Design (Medieval #2)

Madeline Hunter

Paperback | Pages: 400 pages

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Title	:	By Design (Medieval #2)
Author	:	Madeline Hunter
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 400 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2004 by Bantam
Categories	:	Romance. Historical Romance. Historical. Medieval. Medieval Romance. Fiction

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Bound by honor...

The moment Rhys saw the stunning young woman selling her exquisitely crafted pottery in the marketplace, he was captivated. But the wealthy freemason would never have guessed that just a few days later, a misunderstanding would land Joan in the town stocks and he would become her unlikely savior. After the grueling ordeal, Rhys tenderly cares for Joan's bruised body—and her bruised pride. Yet he longs to do much more ... to satisfy the fire that sparks between the pair the moment they are alone.

Rhys could not have known that Joan once enjoyed a more privileged life. She'd had no choice but to become an indentured servant, but she is determined to avenge the crimes that ruined her family and destroyed her world. When Rhys meets with her employer to buy pottery—and buys her instead —Joan is furious. She vows to resist falling under the spell of the handsome, imposing Rhys. But she finds that her resolve quickly softens when tempted by Rhys's powerful charms—and she can only hope to find a way to avoid surrendering to her potent desire....

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Original Title:	By Design (Medieval #2)
ISBN:	0553587730 (ISBN13: 9780553587739)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Medieval #2
Characters:	Rhys, Joan

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Joan has escaped the horrors in her past, only to indenture herself for 5 years to a London tiler. Her drunken master, however, was responsible for putting her in the stocks, since she was caught selling the defective tiles he sent with her to the market. Rhys protects her from the hecklers & rotten-fruit throwers, and ends up buying her indenture. He knows that he wants more from her than master & servant, but he also senses her fear of physical involvement. So altho he keeps her

3.5 I came across Hunter for her Regency novels, but whenever I find a new (to me) romance author whose work I admire, I like to go back and read her oeuvre from start to finish, so I'm in the midst of reading a bunch of Medieval romances. Hunter is a strong writer, and her books are deeply imbued with the history of the periods of which she writes. After reading three of her Medieval books, though, I'm starting to feel that her early work is rather old-fashioned -- not quite Old Skool, but

SappyToo too many long love scenes -- overwhelmed the story. Enjoy this author, but skipped pages of sex without missing a brat.

Gave up on this one when the psycho Guy Leighton comes into the story. It was already a grim story before that, but reading about a psychopath who happens to be obsessed with the heroine and keeps her in his clutches by threatening to kill her brother (he's already slaughtered her father in cold blood) is just not my idea of a romantic read.Madeline Hunter depicts 14th century England in her medieval novels as a time of bloodshed and extreme lawlessness, where only might makes right. Her main

This is the second book in Madeline Hunter's Medieval series, and while I preferred By Possession, I still enjoyed By Design immensely. Joan and Rhys were a fantastic pairing, both clever and brave individuals, and the secondary characters were well realized, too. I was very happy to see Addis and Moira carry over from the first book. As a matter of fact the one thing I actually liked a bit over the first book was that, though the possessiveness was still there, Rhys wasn't generally as over the

Rhys is a freemason and master builder who had been caught up in politics once before, but has decided to avoid it now. He's intrigued when he sees Joan in the marketplace and knows she's hiding something. She is. In actuality, she's living for revenge (view spoiler)[ having been a noblewoman ousted from her home and forced to service the replacing lord in order to save her younger brother (hide spoiler)]. She's determined to help her brother regain his place. Rhys becomes an unlikely ally, but

Read this one a few years ago and loved it. Joan and Rhys were fantastic together -- strong, independent, passionate, and stubborn. I liked the Medieval setting, with the stone masonry (Freemasons) and the potters guild, the craft fairs, etc. Glad to see Joan and Rhys get their HEA, but it didnt come easily, so I closed the book with a very satisfied sigh. After all the drama and injustice, they deserved it!Flaws? Probably. Just can't recall them.