false 6599175 1 "Clothilde." He spoke the name on a breath like a prayer. Then he lowered his head and kissed her.<br><br>Her heart is lost in that first embrace, her world is shaken to its foundations. There is just one problem; her name is not Clothilde. It is Siriol de Calendri. Trained in the art of illumination in the far-off city of Venice, Siri is directed by her late brother's will to the county of Poitou in France, where she enters the guardianship of her brother's friend Sir Triston de Brielle. Once in Poitou, Siri hopes to find employment in an illuminator's shop - until Triston unexpectedly snatches her heart away with a kiss.<br><br>Triston is a man of quiet honor and courage, but the guild he carries for the death of his late wife, Clothilde, has left him numb and hesitant to love again. Worse yet, Siri bears an uncanny resemblance to his lost love. Or does she? Her merry laughter and twinkling eyes are very different from his late wife's shy smiles and quiet ways. Yet when he gazes into Siri's face, all he sees is Clothilde.<br><br>Then Triston's past returns to threaten them both. Will his tragic life with Clothilde be repeated with Siri? Trapped between the rivalry of the king's sons on the one hand and a neighbor out for vengeance on the other, Triston realizes it would be safer to send Siri away. But how can he bear to lose her again?<br><br>Siri is determined not to be cast off and not to live in another woman's shadow. She has illuminated many a priceless book with pen and paint. But can her own vibrant spirit illuminate the darkness in Triston's soul and make his heart beat for her alone? 6793015 22 6 2009 Illuminations of the Heart total:46|5:5|4:5|3:5|2:0|1:0| 46 193 100 24 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 20:26:56 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 20:28:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 15:04:34 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 15:05:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 14:26:06 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 14:34:15 -0700 2009
Let me put a ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 09:17:53 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 09:18:22 -0700 2009 Illuminations of the Heart; Siriol, a young widow, travels to France to find the guardian her late brother ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 12:40:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 12:40:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jul 16 14:21:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 14:24:20 -0700 2009
After the deaths of her husband and brother, Siriol de Calendri is directed by her brother's will to travel to France and live under the guardianship of her brother's friend, Sir Triston de Brielle.

Unfortunately, Siri is nearly i...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jul 21 08:54:48 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 09:25:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 17 09:34:22 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 08:43:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 15:06:59 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 16:09:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 21:05:39 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 20:19:13 -0700 2009 1 Romance, Old School. (Contest ends 9/18.)

Synopsis: Triston de Brielle finds himself the unlikely guardian of Lady Siriol Calendri, a young widow whose resemblance to his late wife is uncanny....more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 17:09:56 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 17:09:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 16:58:53 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 16:59:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:52:01 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:54:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:12:20 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:21:31 -0700 2009
Having said that, I do feel like the "damsel in distress" card was played a little too much and the feuding and sword fighting...more...]]> 0 0 false true Wed Jul 15 19:27:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 19:30:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 08:09:18 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 07:35:12 -0700 2009 LOYALTY'S WEB so much. But I saw this as more of something to pass the time until Joyce could get back to writing about Helene & Gunthar (this one is about Triston, a "smaller" character in LW that I didn't really care about too much). I was ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 08 19:15:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 14:56:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 12:23:55 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 12:25:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 12:50:40 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 12:51:31 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 07:44:40 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 07:44:51 -0700 2009 http://readingforsanity.blogspot.com/200...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6599175