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Isles/Templars #6
King of Storms
Lady Sidony Macleod, the youngest daughter in her family, can't easily make decisions so she is content to have others lead.But fate and the Knight Templars have other plans for her.Sir Giffard Maclennan, a knight and Highland firebrand, is chosen first to lead a top secret mission for his brethren Templars; and second, to keep the Earl of Fife (who is hunting the secret that Giff is hiding) guessing.Giff's plan includes the delectable Sidony as his accomplice.Giff's impatience and rashness will annoy the more practical Sidony, while her tendency to plan everything will drive Giff craxy.As Giff and Sidony join forces to hide the Templars' secret, he will learn to temper his impulsive behavior, and she will learn to tolerate his unpredictable temper as they fall in love.In the midst of being hunted by their formidable enemies, this romantic duo will be put to the ultimate test.
448 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
About the author
Amanda Scott
177 books384 followersAmanda Scott, USA Today Bestselling Author and winner of Romance Writers of America’s RITA/Golden Medallion (LORD ABBERLEY'S NEMESIS) and Romantic Times’ Awards for Best Regency Author and Best Sensual Regency (RAVENWOOD'S LADY), Lifetime Achievement (2007) and Best Scottish Historical (BORDER MOONLIGHT, 2008), began writing on a dare from her husband. She has sold every manuscript she has written.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
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October 14, 2017
Sumamente aburrida. ¿Cómo puede ser si es de aventuras, barcos, búsqueda de tesoro, etc.? No sé. El relato me pareció llano, sin sorpresas. El romance con poca tensión, casi un "ya que estamos, hagámoslo".
Está bien, es medieval y no es mi género favorito. Además hay muchas referencias a libros anteriores de la serie, que no leí. Eso tampoco colabora
Está bien, es medieval y no es mi género favorito. Además hay muchas referencias a libros anteriores de la serie, que no leí. Eso tampoco colabora
September 18, 2014
The book contains a romantic story , adventure,mystery , suspense.
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!Read at your own risk!
It was a pretty interesting book , I don't know how I would really describe it.The first half of the book was a little slow, no action , a little dull but after that it became interesting.Sidony had a boring life before Giff made his appearance.
The ending was a surprise , I was expecting to actually find out what was the treasure about , how did it look , what was the use of it.Did it had any special power?
It did not happen like that.The author managed to maintain the mystery all the way to the ending of the book.
I was left with a few questions , like what on earth did happen to Fiffe?? At the beginning of the book we see him portrayted as a fearful and powerful enemy but slowly he seems to have lost control over him and ended up as the victim of the story ; a crybaby.
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!Read at your own risk!
It was a pretty interesting book , I don't know how I would really describe it.The first half of the book was a little slow, no action , a little dull but after that it became interesting.Sidony had a boring life before Giff made his appearance.
The ending was a surprise , I was expecting to actually find out what was the treasure about , how did it look , what was the use of it.Did it had any special power?
It did not happen like that.The author managed to maintain the mystery all the way to the ending of the book.
I was left with a few questions , like what on earth did happen to Fiffe?? At the beginning of the book we see him portrayted as a fearful and powerful enemy but slowly he seems to have lost control over him and ended up as the victim of the story ; a crybaby.
May 4, 2016
A good read if you prefer your romance novels to be more about the setting and less about throbbing...things (which I do). ;)
November 21, 2016
Imi doresc sa apara si la noi continuarea seriei! De fapt toata seria!
October 6, 2021
Anglia, lângă frontiera cu Scoţia, octombrie 1378
Ploaia răpăia în noaptea întunecoasă, făcându-l nu doar nevăzut, ci şi neauzit pe scoţianul care, cu jambierele, ghetele şi pieptarul ude leoarcă, se strecură pe lângă a treia santinelă engleză din luminiş, o lovi tare în cap cu o piatră şi o culcă în pământul mocirlos cum făcuse şi cu celelalte două.
Pe când scoţianul, Sir Giffard MacLennan, se mişca rapid ca să-l dezlege pe prizonierul cel mai apropiat, bărbatul şopti:
— Cu-adevărat Domnia Ta eşti, căpitane?
— Bine-nţeles, spuse Giff încet. Cine altul să fie?
— Englezii sunt câtă frunză şi câtă iarbă, domnule, şi au trimis după întăriri de la Carlisle, murmură celălalt.
— Atunci ar trebui să ne întoarcem la Storm Lass cât mai iute, aşa că ajutaţi-mă să-i slobod şi pe ceilalţi. Eram nouă. Restul sunt toţi aici?
— Da, domnule. Lass n-o să fie cucerit, ce ziceţi?
— Dacă s-ar întâmpla, i-aş spânzura pe cei care i-au lăsat pe duşmani să se apropie, îl asigură Giff ajutându-l să se ridice. Acum să ne grăbim, oamenii de pe corabie ne aşteaptă.
Ceilalţi au fost eliberaţi curând, şi cei nouă o luară la picior pe cărarea noroioasă către Solway Firth. Unul dintre ei se interesă:
— Cum ai scăpat, domnule căpitan?
Giff ridică din umeri.
— Nu ne număraseră, şi în furtuna aceea care le-a îngăduit să ne prindă pe nepusă masă, m-am folosit de cel dintâi prilej ca să dispar.
Vizibil amuzat, soldatul întrebă:
— Ce fel de prilej a fost acela?
— Când fulgerul acela înspăimântător i-a orbit pe toţi, şi tunetul le-a asurzit urechile, cutremurând pământul, m-am dat înapoi între două tufe bogate şi m-am azvârlit jos. A băgat de seamă careva, în afară de voi, că lipseam?
— Nu, cu toate că unii trăgeau nădejde că-l prinseseră pe regele furtunilor.
Giff chicoti.
— Acuma să tăcem mâlc, nu cumva să mai fie vreunii de pază. Tare-s bucuros că n-am ajuns să fim întemniţaţi la castelul Carlisle.
— Aşa-i, domnule, aş fi pus prinsoare că eram pe ducă.
— Ar trebui să ştii că n-aş îngădui asta, spuse Giff.
Peste un sfert de oră ajunseră la culmea care domina estuarul, lângă satul Bowness.
— Unde-i Storm Lass, dară? întrebă unul dintre soldaţi.
— Acolo unde am lăsat-o, numai că e pitită după tufişuri, zise Giff, arătând cu degetul în timp ce fluieră încet şi primi drept răspuns un fluierat asemănător dintr-o pădurice apropiată.
Ploaia răpăia în noaptea întunecoasă, făcându-l nu doar nevăzut, ci şi neauzit pe scoţianul care, cu jambierele, ghetele şi pieptarul ude leoarcă, se strecură pe lângă a treia santinelă engleză din luminiş, o lovi tare în cap cu o piatră şi o culcă în pământul mocirlos cum făcuse şi cu celelalte două.
Pe când scoţianul, Sir Giffard MacLennan, se mişca rapid ca să-l dezlege pe prizonierul cel mai apropiat, bărbatul şopti:
— Cu-adevărat Domnia Ta eşti, căpitane?
— Bine-nţeles, spuse Giff încet. Cine altul să fie?
— Englezii sunt câtă frunză şi câtă iarbă, domnule, şi au trimis după întăriri de la Carlisle, murmură celălalt.
— Atunci ar trebui să ne întoarcem la Storm Lass cât mai iute, aşa că ajutaţi-mă să-i slobod şi pe ceilalţi. Eram nouă. Restul sunt toţi aici?
— Da, domnule. Lass n-o să fie cucerit, ce ziceţi?
— Dacă s-ar întâmpla, i-aş spânzura pe cei care i-au lăsat pe duşmani să se apropie, îl asigură Giff ajutându-l să se ridice. Acum să ne grăbim, oamenii de pe corabie ne aşteaptă.
Ceilalţi au fost eliberaţi curând, şi cei nouă o luară la picior pe cărarea noroioasă către Solway Firth. Unul dintre ei se interesă:
— Cum ai scăpat, domnule căpitan?
Giff ridică din umeri.
— Nu ne număraseră, şi în furtuna aceea care le-a îngăduit să ne prindă pe nepusă masă, m-am folosit de cel dintâi prilej ca să dispar.
Vizibil amuzat, soldatul întrebă:
— Ce fel de prilej a fost acela?
— Când fulgerul acela înspăimântător i-a orbit pe toţi, şi tunetul le-a asurzit urechile, cutremurând pământul, m-am dat înapoi între două tufe bogate şi m-am azvârlit jos. A băgat de seamă careva, în afară de voi, că lipseam?
— Nu, cu toate că unii trăgeau nădejde că-l prinseseră pe regele furtunilor.
Giff chicoti.
— Acuma să tăcem mâlc, nu cumva să mai fie vreunii de pază. Tare-s bucuros că n-am ajuns să fim întemniţaţi la castelul Carlisle.
— Aşa-i, domnule, aş fi pus prinsoare că eram pe ducă.
— Ar trebui să ştii că n-aş îngădui asta, spuse Giff.
Peste un sfert de oră ajunseră la culmea care domina estuarul, lângă satul Bowness.
— Unde-i Storm Lass, dară? întrebă unul dintre soldaţi.
— Acolo unde am lăsat-o, numai că e pitită după tufişuri, zise Giff, arătând cu degetul în timp ce fluieră încet şi primi drept răspuns un fluierat asemănător dintr-o pădurice apropiată.
February 20, 2018
I really...
Liked Giff as a strong man in this book. He was strong with a sense of humor and honor that I'd love to see in a modern man. I'm glad Sidony married him. I'm looking forward to more by this author.
Liked Giff as a strong man in this book. He was strong with a sense of humor and honor that I'd love to see in a modern man. I'm glad Sidony married him. I'm looking forward to more by this author.
April 22, 2019
Buen cierre para una buena saga...
April 9, 2009
The first half of the book dragged, although the last half clipped along at a much faster pace. My favorite character was little Jake Maxwell, one of the minor characters, rather than Lady Sidony or Sir Giffard, the main characters, so that says something, too.
July 19, 2010
ok but more 'romantic' than 'adventure'. Still not sure of the author's sense of Scottish geography- the leap from the Pentland Firth to the Western Isles seemed very brief and effortless! A map would help readers find their way around especially if not sure about Scotland.
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January 20, 2009Typical historical romance about a Templar Knight on a mission that puts him and the heroine in mortal danger.
February 23, 2010
I would not call this book the best because half the time it was really boring. it had way too much details and I just wanted for the romance to happen.
June 4, 2011
Surprisingly devoid of romance for a romance novel.
June 16, 2012
Slow read.
July 29, 2012
older book with an interesting plot. Not as sexy as some, a welcome change.
July 24, 2014
Boring. Nothing much happened.
September 20, 2016
I truly enjoyed this series!!! I could not put the books down. Amanda Scott is an amazing writer!
February 16, 2016
It seemed like a soap opera. I was expecting something more from the characters and from the plot.
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