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A Knight In Shining Armour (Montgomery #16)

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Abandoned by her lover, thoroughly modern Dougless Montgomery finds herself alone and brokenhearted in an old English church. She never dreamed that a love more powerful than time awaited her there... until Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyck, a sixteenth-century knight, appeared.

Drawn to him by a bond so sudden and compelling that it defied reason, Dougless knew that Nic...more

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Published 1992 by Arrow (first published 1989)

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Jun 21, 2010 MelissaB rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: people who don't mind non-HEA endings

Shelves: wall-bangers, paranormal-romance, time-travel-romance

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Nov 15, 2012 siti rahmah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, romance, time-travel, owned

This is the very first romance book, which made me smile, laugh and cry. Read it three times and decided that I had to have it for myself. So now, it is sitting very nicely in my book cabinet, beckoning me to read it again for I-don't-know-how-many times.

I must say, this is best book of all by Jude Deveraux. About time-travel romance, finding and recognizing true love even if its separated by decades of time. So, you will get to read about Nicholas realising his true love in Douglass's modern t...more

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Sep 26, 2009 Kathrynn rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance-timetravel, own, 2009, gentle-reads, reviewed, theme-depressing, theme-heroine_tstl, theme-reincarnation, theme-hero_hard_to_like

There was quite a lot to sludge through in order to get to the romance in this 464 page novel that seemed more like fiction than romance--until the very end. There was a heavy reincarnation theme that began showing itself in the characters that appeared in the beginning (Robert, Gloria) and carried into the second half of the story.

A Knight in Shining Armor takes place in England (1560-1988) and stars Nicholas Stafford as the hero and Dougless Montgomery as the heroine. It begins in 1564 to fin...more There was quite a lot to sludge through in order to get to the romance in this 464 page novel that seemed more like fiction than romance--until the very end. There was a heavy reincarnation theme that began showing itself in the characters that appeared in the beginning (Robert, Gloria) and carried into the second half of the story.

A Knight in Shining Armor takes place in England (1560-1988) and stars Nicholas Stafford as the hero and Dougless Montgomery as the heroine. It begins in 1564 to find Nicholas 3 days away from being beheaded for treason to the Queen of England. It shifts to 1988 to develop Dougless as a doormat to her fiance (of sorts), Robert, and his spoiled 13 year-old daughter, Gloria. I tried to roll with the heroine's character, hoping she would grow quickly with the story, but she grew S L O W L Y. She was so darn stupid I became frustrated with her. How she allowed Robert and Gloria to walk all over her, her thoughts, how she behaved. Ugh! She made my TSTL shelf! I was frustrated that she was left stranded in England, without money, passport, clothes and how she behaved when she finally got money. She was so concerned with her make-up, hair rollers, etc that I just wanted to jump into the book and slap some sense into her. What an idiot! No wonder her family made fun of her and the antics she got herself into. She cried way too much for my liking, too. The girl was always crying.

Her tears bring Nicholas from 1564 to 1988 where she doesn't believe him for a good number of pages. Way too much time spent on convincing her he was from the past. She had no money, place to stay and she was getting him settled. Frustrating. Yes, there was a bond between them. They "felt" each other. Their souls were meant to find each other. The same group of people had been rehashing history what appeared to be every generation. They had "memories" of past events, but only what they felt about the other person.

Most of the book takes place in 1988 trying to find out who betrayed Nicholas to the Queen and accused him of being a traitor. A lot of going to the library to research, all their shopping escapades (that got old real fast), where and what they ate (that got old, too), they visited historical sites while on a mission to find out what happened to the hero's mother and other things. What they learned was Nicholas was known for being a rogue and not having contributed much to history. His family named stopped.

Something happens and Nicholas is back in his time period and Dougless is broken hearted. Through prayer and tears, she ends up in 1560--four years before Nicholas came to her. So, she figures she can change the future by telling him about his treason, who betrayed him and a few other things she learned about his "past." Unfortunately, I had to go through another round of convincing she was not a witch and from the future. I found Nicholas to be a rude, womanizer who was accurately depicted in the history books. I didn't like his character in 1560. Once again, I felt Dougless was being the caretaker of a one-sided relationship.

Something else happens and she's back in her time period minus Nicholas. Did they change the past? For the better?

There was so much reiteration of what happened in one time period to be re-explained in the next time-period and, unfortunately, the author re-wrote those events in lieu of summing them up. Grrr. Too much useless information was plaguing the pages and wore the story down. Not enough romance between the hero/heroine. The book was written in 1989 and was dated in that VCRs and Princess Diana were still mentioned as current.

The ending was very touching and brought this from a 2 star to 3 star for This Reader. I was in tears thinking about the way it ended. The reincarnation, the souls trying to find each other all these years, searching, the message(s) that were left behind had me grabbing the tissues.(less)

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Nov 03, 2012 Brittany B. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: rom_historical, audiobook, reread, rom_fantasy, rom_guilty-pleasures, time-travel, rom_pink_steamy, what-was-i-thinking

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Upon rereading this over 10 years later, I can say that it is not exactly what I remembered. I cringed at how weak and pathetic the heroine was. The "falling in love" part didn't have the spark I remember; what does Nicholas see in Douglas in the first place??? She's a basket case who allows men to walk all over her.
So "the thrill is gone"... Below is my review of what I remembered of the story. This book just doesn't stand the test of time for me.

Also for audio fans: read it i...more

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Jun 28, 2010 Gigi rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-romance, series-romance, favs, favorites

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Apr 22, 2011 Zeek rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites-all-time, favorite-author-all-time, hist-rom, romance, rom-time-travel, hist-rom-medieval, favorite-hero

I read it first when it came out back in the late 80's and have re read it so many times with each read just as fantastic.

Its one of those books that impact you and stays with you forever. Love or hate the ending- it is a romance must read.

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May 23, 2012 Leslie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: don-t-waste-your-time, historic, romance

I know what you're thinking...the book's title ALONE should have been my first "red-flag", but you would be wrong. I actually read this because a neighbor had it and physically ran it over to me one day last summer. I thought, "Sure, I'll give it a go." Luckily, she didn't take anything I thought about the book personally! Phew!!

Jude Deveraux is a famously popular writer, and since I am NOT about bashing the writer, I will only give my opinion based on her work. Unfortunately, I have nothing pos...more

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Jan 18, 2011 Autumn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: all the dreamers out there!!

Shelves: contemp-romance, historical-romance, personal-favorites, i-own, medieval

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Question is.. Where do i start???

Well i have to give this book 5 ++++++++ STARS!!!!! IT was sweet, tender,dreamy,realistic in its own right.. beautifully written.. a setting to die for!! . What more can you want in a book??

I have had this book in my pile for a while.. i knew it held a good premise because of its ratings, yet i just dindt feel like taking it seriously. Im so glad i made it part of my challenges and kick my self in the butt for not reading it sooner.!!!

I bought the latest edition....more

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May 31, 2008 Tina Hayes rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everybody

Shelves: my-favorites

This is my all time favorite romance novel, which I've read more than once.

Nicholas is a real live Knight in Shining Armor sent to comfort a heartbroken Douglass in 1988. Destined to be soul mates through all eternity, the two set out to clear Lord Nicholas' name and right the wrongs done during his Elizabethan life. Just as he gets used to the weird inventions and strangness of the twentieth century, they are whisked back through time to 1560 where Douglass gets to experience medieval life.

Thi...more

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Sep 20, 2008 Crystal rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I LOVED this book. I would have given it 5 stars, but the ending made me want to pull my hair out. I can't really say more without giving anything away. Years ago when I first read it, I remember discussing it with a friend of mine and crying over how much I hated the ending. She said that when she read it, she wanted to slather the book in gravy and feed it to her dog. I thought that was the PERFECT way to describe how I felt after finishing this book.

HOWEVER, with that being said, I still hig...more

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Aug 23, 2007 Phyl added it · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone who loves a good love story

this book starts in a contemporary setting and has the characters (a woman from modern day and a man from the Elizabethan era) time traveling, first unintentionally and then very intentionally, to be with each other. A lot of detail is given to little things...the smells and sounds she encounters when she goes back in time...to paint a vivid picture of what life must have been like...as well as the novelty with which he learns about things we take for granted--as simple as pen and paper--that we...more

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Oct 24, 2010 Caroline Kimsey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this book for what it was. I would have given it 3 1/2 but I did not want to give it 3. It is a time travelling romance story about a woman who found herself. I adored both main characters and the amount of humour injected to keep the book flowing. There was a certain amount of drama but not too much and poltics has been avoided so the plot races. There were a couple of Elizabethan references I had never heard of and will never see swaddling clothes in the same way again. So for...more

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Aug 15, 2007 Brenna rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: sappy romantics

Shelves: havereadwillreadagain

A two-for one in that you get both modern relationship tango as well as historical romance; the delicious premise is that Dougless is the youngest daughter of a rich family who always gets everything wrong. She's left by her boyfriend in the middle of England while on vacation, prays for a knight to save her, and one appears from the 1560s, complete with armor. He tries to attack cars and is fascinated by magazines, is crude and chivalrous at once, and there's some great sexual tension building...more

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Apr 10, 2009 Kathy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Best historical romance book ever written! A Knight in Shining Armor is a must read. Imagine traveling back in time to the medieval ages to meet your soulmate!

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Dec 27, 2008 Jill rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, time-travel, jude-devereaux, top-100-romance

This was listed as #5 on theromancereader.com list of top 100 romances. I'd read it before, but wanted to do so again after reading one reader's description. Heartbroken and abandoned, Dougless Montgomery cries her heart out over Nicholas Stafford's tomb and the next thing she knows, he is standing there wanting to know what she wants. Of course, she doesn't believe he's from the 16th century, but agrees to help him none the less. Nicholas was brought forward three days before he was to be execu...more

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May 28, 2013 Cherie Jensen added it · review of another edition

I have decided not to continue reading this book after reading twenty pages. Too much dysfunction for me. I'm in a knot right now and can hardly breath. Too close to real life.

After taking a shower and thinking about what bothered me, I have this to say: It was too one sided, too obvious to the reader that Robert was insincere. He would have done more than take her to an expensive restaurant for dinner. He would have been pulling and loosening his lure constantly so she had reason to believe he...more

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May 21, 2013 Nicky Penttila rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A classic, but I read this in 2013, and so the contemporary (mid-'80s) part reads like history to me (blue eyeshadow? Curlers? Skinny jeans?). I preferred the medieval parts, especially the many careful details contrasting both the physical aspects--mud, blackened teeth, danger to women--and social expectations--i.e., everyone should know how to play a musical instrument, how exactly women should value themselves. This last was a good debate: Dougless "lives with" her boyfriend in the present, a...more

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May 18, 2013 Heidi Cullinan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone. Absolutely everyone.

Recommended to Heidi by: my high school music teacher

Shelves: absolute-favorites, book-that-influenced-my-writing, omfg, reread, yay

In 1990 I was a senior in high school, and I was friends with my music teacher. It was one of those odd things I never understood how it happened, though I think it started when the drama teacher cast me for the lead in Fiddler on the Roof but I couldn’t sing. (That’s a long, weird story. Don’t ask.) She was charged with fixing that minor detail, which led to a lot of before and after school private lessons. At this point of my life things were starting to come seriously apart. I’d weathered som...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Susan rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: book-club

This book had so many gaps and unbelievable points in the plot. OK, I know that a time-traveling romance isn't SUPPOSED to be believable, and I'm willing to suspend belief for that major plot line, but then why did the author have to put minor unbelievable plot devices in when it would have been easy to do otherwise? For instance, I don't think a private living area of a castle that is partially open to the public would have an unlocked door between the private and public area, merely marked by...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Milka rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

soooo cliche. It's truly a fairy tale, i mean they kinda all are, but you know, you don't think that while you read them, or after. because in one way or another, most are realistic. somebody dies. you can't have everything. you lose someone. etc. but this isn't the case here. you have this screwed up woman that doesn't know what to do with her life anymore, and she starts crying and then suddenly this perfect guy appears out of nowhere and solves it all. it's interesting because most stories ha...more

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Sep 30, 2012 Nicole rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

How could I not take the romance recommendation from this months tag selector, doughgirl?! I am always looking for a good romance novel and this one was definitely one of the better ones I have read!

Dougless is excited to be taking a month-long romantic vacation to England with her boyfriend, Robert; she is sure he is going to pop the question! However, things do not go quite according to plan and she ends up alone in a small town outside a church that was dedicated to Earl Nicholas Stanford, a...more How could I not take the romance recommendation from this months tag selector, doughgirl?! I am always looking for a good romance novel and this one was definitely one of the better ones I have read!

Dougless is excited to be taking a month-long romantic vacation to England with her boyfriend, Robert; she is sure he is going to pop the question! However, things do not go quite according to plan and she ends up alone in a small town outside a church that was dedicated to Earl Nicholas Stanford, a nobelman who was beheaded for treason in 1564. As Dougless is in the church, lamenting her misfortune, Nicholas suddenly arrives in the church - pre-beheading - from 400 years previous! With lots of doubt and misgivings, Dougless and Nicholas set off to prove his innocence, prevent his beheading, and possibly fall in love along the way ;)

Before I launch into the spoilers I will say, for those of you who might be debating this book, the characters both had flaws but ones that ended up being outweighed by the good in the end. The time-traveling aspect was not necessarily original but I will say there was an interesting twist on getting back to your proper time period! lol. The ending was totally happily-ever-after without being cliche and maybe not exactly what you were expecting. Oh, and this one did not skimp on the juicy details! :) Highly recommended.

***SPOILERS BELOW***

This was a really great book! I liked the time-traveling aspects and I love historical romance novels - this was the best of both worlds. Nicholas was definitely drool-worthy; he had some character flaws but ended up coming around in the end. At the beginning of the story, I really wanted to give Dougless a swift kick in the butt for the things she was putting up with from Robert and how she thought that she was so in love with him when he had zero respect for her! She definitely improved and I'm glad she finally got the chance to stand up for herself.

I also really liked how the same character personalities were reborn in the present day that existed in the same families in the 16th century - it provided a interesting parallels and showed how your actions can alter relationships for years to come. The one aspect I found a little irritating was that it was kind of the same story told twice: first, we had Nicholas in the present day, getting used to modern conveniences, and convincing Dougless of who he was and then we had Dougless in the 16th century, getting used to primitive conveniences, and convincing Nicholas of who she was. This made moving into the second half of the story a little slow. However, the ending MORE than made up for it! I liked that it wasn't a clichéd ending where one of them had to give up their life and remain in an uncomfortable time yet it was totally satisfying and even brought a little tear to my eye :)(less)

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Sep 25, 2012 Dee rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fans of historical romance & time travel with a hilarious and endearing main character

Shelves: time-travel, historical-romance, read-in-2012, all-time-favorites, favorite-guys, writing-i-could-kiss

Oh my gosh.. I love this book to bits! It is definitely, easily one of my favorite reads in 2012. It was raw, real, funny and most definetely heartbreaking. This book was so richly and perfectly detailed. I got to see the Medieval Times in the eyes of Lessa; the architecture, the culture, the injustice of some of the laws, the food..and basically everything that makes Historal books very interesting. The pacing was just lovely and every page of the book justified its greatness. Despite how commo...more
Oh my gosh.. I love this book to bits! It is definitely, easily one of my favorite reads in 2012. It was raw, real, funny and most definetely heartbreaking. This book was so richly and perfectly detailed. I got to see the Medieval Times in the eyes of Lessa; the architecture, the culture, the injustice of some of the laws, the food..and basically everything that makes Historal books very interesting. The pacing was just lovely and every page of the book justified its greatness. Despite how common time travel must be, this book sets itself apart from the rest of the TT books that I have read.

Basically, this book is about time travel and how true love is truly timeless.

So, what's the story about? It's about a girl named Dougless Montgometry who's been a failure all her life as she is. WITH all her failures and the fact that her own boyfriend and his daughter left her in a church crashing down on her, she takes it all out on the tomb stone, cries and wishes for a Knight in Shining Armor. Her prayers were definetely answered. A guy with black wavy locks and gorgeous blue eyes materializes in front of her. The catch? He's wearing an armor and a medieval costume. Not only that, but he was actually from 400 years ago..with no idea how the heck he ended up there.

Nicholas somehow force/convinced her to be of service to him (arrogantly sexy!) and they get to know each other. And fall in love. The problem is, he could disappear anytime. And he does...while praying on his own tomb stone (the same tomb stone Dougless prayed on). Then Dougless somehow gets her own taste of time travel too. Problem is, she goes back four years earlier. She expected Nick to recognize her, but he didn't. She does everything..and boy does she change history.

This book..this book just captivated me, got me SO HOOKED, and caught off guard. I cannot believe I have missed out long enough on the greatness of this book. The characters were very real. The MC Dougless reminded me off Sophie Kinsella's book characters, especially Emma Corrigan. She was funny and extremely nice. Too bad she always felt like a failure compared to all her sisters who have a degree, while she was just a teacher. She also got screwed over by all of the men she dated. It was so inspiring how the heroine learned to stand up for herself and change her views about herself and how she finally believed that she was truly special. Then here's Nicholas Stafford, an Earl. He was dashing, arrogant, smart, talented, dedicated and he was such a lovable and loyal guy to Lessa. What I loved the most about him was how he had the charm of a 16th century man, yet he also had the teasing personality of a teenage boy. He has this adorable boyish grin that can make a lady weak in the knees. (How much more when he actually exists in real life?) He also was not afraid to show his weaknesses to Lessa, yet keeping his SEXY bravado at the same time.

The story was just so beautiful, so well thought off. It makes you realize how sometimes the best love stories aren't perfect, and sometimes two people who really want to be together just can't be, but somehow, fate also gives way for some other twist that will give justice to the main character.

I'm not going to tell who she ends up with, but the story definetely ended with a happy ending; just not the typical HEA we all expect.
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Aug 12, 2012 Jeanne rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A Knight in Shining Armor is the second time travel romance I review, and it suddenly occurs to me that it's really a time travel as time travels should be. Not only does it honestly attempt to account for the differences between our time and theirs (Elizabethan England in this case), but it takes the chance to deal with the touchy matter of changing, or rewriting history. A little like in The Temptation, neither of these topics managed to blow my mind with the cleverness of their approach, and...more A Knight in Shining Armor is the second time travel romance I review, and it suddenly occurs to me that it's really a time travel as time travels should be. Not only does it honestly attempt to account for the differences between our time and theirs (Elizabethan England in this case), but it takes the chance to deal with the touchy matter of changing, or rewriting history. A little like in The Temptation, neither of these topics managed to blow my mind with the cleverness of their approach, and not all the suggested answers were fully convincing.* Nevertheless, I found the story altogether engaging and, least I can say, full of surprises!

The sixteenth-century woman was not supposed to be a corporate executive, an adoring mother, a gourmet cook and hostess, and a creative lover with the body of an athlete. [...] People didn't live alone and isolated. This wasn't one house with one woman to do twenty jobs, this was one house with a hundred and forty-some people to do maybe seventy jobs.
[...]
In America everyone pretended to be equal, saying that a man who was worth millions was no better than some guy who sweated for a living. But no one believed that. Rich criminals got off with light sentences; poor men got maximum sentences.

In spite of its repeated forays into very serious issues, A Knight in Shining Armor is not a serious book. Having read only one other novel by the same author, I'm even tempted to say that Jude Deveraux isn't a serious writer. Her stories are gloriously improbable, amusing in an almost caricatural way. If I had to liken this plot to anything else than romance, I'd pick a fairy tale.

Dougless is a fairy tale's heroine. She spends a lot of time crying in the book, and other consequential periods marveling at clothes or utilizing them, all things that objectively bore me as well as rile the shopaphobe feminist in me. Yet there is something to be said for the way Ms. Deveraux succeeds in making her heroine appealing. As soon as the first paragraphs, which show Dougless being ill-treated by the man she hopes to marry and his obnoxious daughter, I felt like applauding.

I've tried writing subdued, victim heroines, and believe me, it's dangerously easy to fall into the TSTL or antiheroine trap! Yet Jude Deveraux manages to stay out of it, instead wringing from us memories of these times we've believed against all odds, prayed for the impossible and broke our hearts over something which eventually turned out right. As for Dougless's Cosette side, this is where I refer to her as a fairy tale character: she loves so easily and always tries her best to please everyone, only to be trampled down by fortune. Until a Prince Charming of sorts, a "knight in shining armor" comes and rescues her from her dire straits.

At least that's what the official selling hook says. Concretely, even while our knight in shining armor deems this contemporary woman too emotionally vulnerable to be left alone, or "unprotected", it is Dougless who keeps saving his life throughout the book, not the opposite. So much so that it finally leads us to the infamous ending. Well, I liked the end! :) Granted, it's unusual in modern romance. But it makes so much sense, is even predictable to a certain extent...

Dougless didn't cry. What she was feeling was too deep, too profound for her to cry.
[...]
She knew, felt inside herself, that never again was she going to be the butt of the family's jokes, because no longer did she feel incompetent, as if she couldn't handle her own life.

I know I cried (perhaps because I was generally very emotional that day). That hit the nail on the head for me. It is exactly what I believe and feel about life, and love, and many women's condition. We were first introduced to a Dougless who had a lot to learn, who was not a little lost, confused and insecure, and we leave her ready to fight her way through life. Now that more than makes up for all the talks of gowns and jewelry and fashion!

* You may argue that a romance novel isn't there to defend subtle and consistent political, sociological or historical theories. I disagree. If you broach a serious, complex subject, you're supposed to assume the consequences, not elude them under the pretext of the genre's featherbrain image or its supposed undertalented audience. When romance authors, editors and publishers understand that, maybe then romance will be considered as proper literature!(less)

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Jun 16, 2012 Shelly Blackmore rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

A Knight in Shining Armor is a wonderful story in true romantic form. Dougless Montgomery, on a disasterous trip to England with her boorish live in boyfriend and his obnoxious daughter, finds herself stranded at a church in the English countryside after yet another disagreement with the piggish girl and her father. Stuck in a foreign country with no money, no id, and her only option of rescue being to call her family - whose favorite pasttime is telling stories about the problems Dougless gets...more

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Apr 16, 2012 Nemma Sayed rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book exceeded my expactation by far. I loved the hero and heroine. The heroine was annoying in the beginning of the book, I just wanted to go in there and yell at her for sticking around with that awful man and his spoiled b**** of a daughter. When her boyfriend left her in that chapel the only thing on my mind was good ridance.
When the author said tat the book was about alcoholism I was stunned. I didn't even notice, but now that I think back on it I guess it was in a way when the heroine...more

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Nov 17, 2011 LilaBird rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I think I would have liked this book more if it was currently 1992 or sometime thereabouts. It was written in 1989 and you can definitely tell. There are things about it that are very dated, which sort of makes it cheesy. I really did like the overall story - at least all the time travel, romance part of it. I REALLY did not care for the setup - Dougless's fiancé and daughter were just over the top ridiculous. Not believable at all. And I HATED that Dougless had NO backbone. She never stood up f...more

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Sep 30, 2011 Patty Apostolides rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is Jude Devereaux at her best. This was the first book I read by Jude Devereaux several years ago and it made me want to read her other books.

I really liked the 16th century historical setting that Douglass Montgomery (what a name for the heroine..haha) finds herself in and how she deals with it (in a typical, comical Jude Devereaux way). Very imaginative and entertaining.

The highlight of this story was the hero, Nicholas, an earl unjustly accused of treason, who was funny, fantastically c...more

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Dec 10, 2010 Ash rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was poorly written. I don't expect much as a reader. I like simple writing, big words and profound subjects are unnecessary in my opinion to make a book worth while, but this was too painful to even finish. At the beginning of the book I noticed the author uses the characters' names over and over when describing a scene much like the writing you would see in a children's book; "Douglass crossed the street. Douglass saw a chicken and kicked it. Douglass smiled at the chicken and pat it'...more

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Jul 27, 2010 Chris rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: lust-romance, historical-fiction-med-ren

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Oh, those days of yester year. The good ole days. The way back in the day days. When men were men and went riding into war dressed in ~~tin cans~~ armor and knew how to treat women in all the ways that mattered.

You know, them days that never really existed.

I read Knight in Shining Armor when I was in college, and it proves my mother's insight that romance books are also popular because the story is always the same. I read it when I didn't want to read something deep. I've read it twice

Deveraux's boo...more Oh, those days of yester year. The good ole days. The way back in the day days. When men were men and went riding into war dressed in ~~tin cans~~ armor and knew how to treat women in all the ways that mattered.

You know, them days that never really existed.

I read Knight in Shining Armor when I was in college, and it proves my mother's insight that romance books are also popular because the story is always the same. I read it when I didn't want to read something deep. I've read it twice

Deveraux's book is about the time travel romance before the time travel romance had its center spotlight (center spotlight is now on vampires and werewolves, and knights of the Round Table being vampires and having names that are ripped off from LOTR. I'm waiting for android romance novels a la Red Dwarf). When you take a step back and really consider time travel romance, there's something, well, iffy.

Maybe we are daydream about a knight riding to save us. But would I go back in time?

No way!

I would miss showers, heating, cooling, light switches, fire alarms, BOOKS, education, certain types of music, beds without fleas, fridges, Mike's Hard Cranberry Lemonade, coffee from the Green Line, Indian Food, Middle Eastern food, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, and of course, ~~cafe mochas~~ Goodreads.

And that's just the materialstic side. What woman would truly want to go back to the time when she was just legally considered chattel? When she faced a very high morality rate in childbirth, when divorce was hardly ever done (unless the man wanted to get rid of you), when you couldn't get an education or vote? When underwear wasn't invented? Where the bra wasn't invented? Where the sanitary napkin or tampoon wasn't invented? Where the pill wasn't invented? And if you got really sick, like cancer, you had no chance.

The problem with time travel romance is that the man in question must be one hell of man, in other words, a modern sensitive man who has the best, but not the worst, of the modern world and the past world. Such a man, of course, could not exist in the past. It is no surprise either, that time travel romance always features lords, never ever Much the Woodcutter. At least with a lord you get a castle with fleas. With Much the Woodcutter, you get a hovel with fleas.

I have to give Jude Deveraux credit. In a somewhat fluffy romance where the heroine borders on being a weepy twit for the whole novel, she doesn't take the easy time travel romance way out - true love conquering the absence of everything modern. Her ending works because despite the fact that it is not quite the pat romance ending, it is a realstic ending. The weepy twit, too, is far less of a weepy twit in the later half the book, and does show some growth. What Deveraux seemed to do was really think about how a modern might feel when conflicted with a sitution. True, the work is romance novel, so it lacks an in depth look at it, but still it is a cut above many other romance novels simply for ending and the examantion.(less)

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Jul 18, 2010 Srisurang rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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ตอนแรกนึกว่าเป็นหนังสือใหม่ ปรากฏว่าเป็นหนังสือเก่า พิมพ์ใหม่ โดยนักเขียนรีไรท์เพิ่มเติมบางส่วนด้วยค่ะ อ่านแล้วก็ชอบนะคะ คิดว่าคล้ายๆ Remembrance ตรงที่มีการเดินทางข้ามเวลา แล้วก็จบแบบคล้ายๆ กัน คืออยากให้มีต่อภาคปัจจุบันของพระเอกนางเอกมากขึ้นอีกนิด

เล่มนี้ชอบตอนพระเอกข้ามเวลามาจากอดีตมาอยู่ปัจจุบันมากเลย เพราะอธิบายรายละเอียดในชีวิตประจำวันไม่เหมือนเรื่องอื่นๆ ที่เคยอ่านมาเลยค่ะ น่ารักดี

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About Jude Deveraux

Jude Gilliam was born September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She has a large extended family, and is the elder sister of four brothers. She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, but four years later they divorced. For years, she worked as 5th-grade teacher.

She began writing in 1976 and her first book, The En...more Jude Gilliam was born September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She has a large extended family, and is the elder sister of four brothers. She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, but four years later they divorced. For years, she worked as 5th-grade teacher.

She began writing in 1976 and her first book, The Enchanted land was published in 1977 as Jude Deveraux. Following the publication of her first novel, she resigned her teaching position. Now, she is the author of thirty-one New York Times bestsellers. Jude won readers' hearts with the epic Velvet series, which revolves around the lives of the Montgomery family's irresistible men. Jude's early books are set largely in 15th- and 16th-century England, in which her fierce, impassioned protagonists find themselves in the midst of blood feuds and wars. Her heroines are equally scrappy -- medieval Scarlett O'Haras who often have a low regard for the men who eventually win them over. They're fighters, certainly, but they're also beauties who are preoccupied with survival and family preservation. Jude has also stepped outside her milieu, with mixed results. Her James River trilogy (River Lady, Lost Lady, and Counterfeit Lady) is set mostly in post-Revolution America; the popular, softer-edged Twin of Fire/Twin of Ice moves to 19th-century Colorado and introduces another hunky-man clan, the Taggerts. Deveraux manages to evoke a strong and convincing atmosphere for each of her books, but her dialogue and characters are as familiar as a modern-day soap opera's. "Historicals seem to be all I'm capable of," Jude once said in an interview, referring to a now out-of-print attempt at contemporary fiction, 1982's Casa Grande. "I don't want to write family sagas or occult books, and I have no intention of again trying to ruin the contemporary market." Still, Jude did later attempt modern-day romances, such as the lighthearted High Tide (her first murder caper), the contemporary female friendship story The Summerhouse, and the time-traveling Knight in Shining Armor. In fact, with 2002's The Mulberry Tree, Deveraux seems to be getting more comfortable setting stories in the present, which is a good thing, since the fans she won with her historical books are eager to follow her into the future.

Jude married Claude Montassir, with whom she had a son, Sam Alexander Montassir in 1997. They were eventually divorced. On Oct. 6th, 2005, Sam died at the age of eight in a motorcycle accident. Jude has lived in several countries and all over the United States. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and also has a home in the medieval city of Badolato, Italy. (less)

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