LYONS GIFT MM

by CROSBY TANYA ANNE

• ISBN13: 9780380785711
• ISBN10: 0380785714
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-07
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Meghan was so immersed in her discussion with the lamb that she heard the voices too late. Without warning, the foliage parted and the path before her was suddenly barred by a most fearsome sight. She froze in mid-stride and shrieked. For an instant, she couldn't speak, so stunned was she by the horseman's sudden appearance. She could merely stare at the devil. By Jacob's bloody stone, she swore silently, no man had ever stood so tall in his stirrups! As it was, she had to crane her neck up at a painful angle in order to see his face. And sweet Mary, Joseph, and Jesus! What a face it was! In truth, he looked more like an angel than a devil. Though swarthy, his skin appeared to be as soft as the skin of her arse. And his flaxen hair was the richest of gold, though she couldn't tell its length for it was bound at the back of his neck. His cheekbones were high and well hewn, but it was his eyes that held her transfixed: uncanny blue, they bore into her very soul. He wore blue, but a blueso dark it was almost black--blue tunic, blue breeches, black boots. The tunic upon his chest was emblazoned with a blood-red lion rearing back upon its beastly little legs--no mail as the English were wont to wear, but he certainly had no need of mail to look invulnerable. God's truth, were her legs not so entangled within the rope she held so firmly within her fist, she would have turned and fled. She swallowed convulsively, and stammered, "Who . . . who are ye?"