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Original Title: By Arrangement
ISBN: 0553587722 (ISBN13: 9780553587722)
Edition Language: English
Series: Medieval #4
Literary Awards: All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Favorite Medieval Romance (2001), RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for First Book (2001)
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Title:By Arrangement (Medieval #4)
Author:Madeline Hunter
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Deluxe Edition
Pages:Pages: 389 pages
Published:June 27th 2006 by Bantam (first published June 2000)
Categories:Romance. Historical Romance. Historical. Medieval. Medieval Romance. Historical Fiction

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The lady and the commoner...

Lady Christiana Fitzwaryn was not opposed to marriage.  But she demanded to be married on her own terms, not as punishment for a romantic indiscretion, and especially not to a common merchant.  Yet she was in for a shock when she met David de Abyndon.  For she was confronted by no ordinary merchant but a man of extraordinary poise and virility.  He was unaffected by their difference in social status.  And even less affected by her well-thought-out arguments against their upcoming betrothal.  Instead, it was Christiana who felt uneasy in the presence of this naturally lordly man behind whose cool blue eyes she sensed the most uncompromising of passions.

David de Abyndon understood Christiana's dilemma, for he too harbored a secret pain.  How could he tell her that there was more to this arrangement than met the eye?  How could he tell her about his deal with the king--a deal that meant he had all but bought Christiana sight unseen?

What's more, now that he had seen this beautiful, spirited woman, how could he convince her that the love she sought was not in the callow knight she had romanticized but in the flesh-and-blood arms of the man who may have bought her body--but in the bargain lost both his heart and soul?

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Finally got this book out of my way. I love a good medieval story. Since Madeline Hunter is famous for her medievals, I started this book with much enthusiasm. The premise is interesting enough. David, a low-born but stinking rich merchant, saw Christiana, a ward of the English King, at court and was driven by lust to have her. Being close to the English King in spite of his lowly birth, David offered for Christiana and was granted his lustful wish. The match was frowned upon because Christiana

1 to 2 starsDavid de Abyndon is not my favorite romance hero in the world. Sometimes Madeline Hunter drifts into the slightly frightening territory of relationships that could become abusive really easily if they aren't already, and it puts me off of her work. De Abyndon is a powerful merchant with excellent fighting skills; the king hatches a plot to marry de Abyndon to one of the young ladies of the court, Christiana Fitzwaryn, who is young and naive and beautiful. De Abyndon immediately wants

I was expecting so much from this book, but halfway through the good portion, the two leads just jumped the wagon and carried on a lot. I don't know, maybe it's all the young adult books I've been reading but having them carrying on like that was a huge turnoff and I wasn't feeling it, it felt forced. Normally I wouldn't care, I would skim through the pages and get to the interactions (verbal ones mind you) which is usually what I'm looking for in books. But I don't know, I wasn't really feeling

This is a wonderful historical and it stars off well. Christiana is given to a common merchant, David who is actually a French Comte but doesn't care about titles. Either way his Viking/ Nordic looks and her innocence are a perfect match. I liked that the book dwells on the effects of war, David resenting pillage and bloodshed, that he repeatedly tells King Edward and is kind of his moral compass. It's a beautiful romance with just the right push and pull between the two leads. Loved the couple

3 Stars

Great writing and good plot as always from MH, however, I find her manipulative and arrogant heroes do not sit well with me. All her hero Ines are coerced into relationships with the hero and then manipulated. It works well in this novel because of the time it was set, but there is no believable reason why they should fall in love with each other.

This probably edges closer to three and. half stars than three. On the whole I enjoyed this romance novel. Though I'm not studied on the time period, it felt real, and realism is something I always appreciate in a book. There were no sudden exclaimations or word choices or anachronisms that jumped out to me or threw me out of the book. In a historical novel of any sort, this is always a must. That being said, while I enjoyed the characters, I found David especially to be a bit contradictory at