Year 1252

Lord Dronovic is returning home after four years of serving the King. He returns to the woman he wed before he left, a Princess of the Orkney’s. His father considers the land given to him as a dowry a valuable gift. As Dronovic rides across the area, that takes a two days journey in any direction, he doesn’t feel it is worthwhile. He wonders how he ended up in the arrangement. As he arrives, he is greeted by Princess Jódís. She hopes her husband is pleased with the improvements she has made while he was away. Dronovic cannot get over the difference four years has made. Surely she can’t be the same woman he married. This woman was a true Goddess. If he had known she would bud into someone so beautiful, he would not have stayed gone so long. As days pass and he observes the work she has started and what else needs to be accomplished, the only thing he wishes to consider is their growing passion for each other.

Lord Dronovic breezes with romance and passion, transporting the reader into a beautiful love story. I found Jódís a determined woman in all her actions. I thought the way she sought to keep the land under development while Dronovic was away showed great strength, as well as her love for him. Dronovic’s personality is quite charming and I love the way he and Jódís have a simmering relationship once he returns, almost like a courtship. Jennifer Mueller tells a picturesque tale of two charismatic people who have a thriving love that endures. Her characters are duty bound to each other, but still, the flames of passion they hold for the other is priceless in this enchanting read.

Reviewed by: Linda L.