The Warrior's Game

by Denise Domning and Denise Hampton

Book Overview

Widowed Lady Amicia de la Beres has resisted taking sides in the rebellion forming against King John. But when England's king gives her precious home to an upstart common knight, one of John's greedy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060509104
• ISBN13: 9780060509101
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

I learned so much!

This book is a great history lesson in addition to being a terrific love story. I learned a lot about the politics of the time with being overwhelmed by too much detail. I felt so bad for the hero and heroine getting caught up in a huge misunderstanding that keeps them apart, but I could see how this could happen in a world where ever glance and word mattered so much and could cost you your freedom or your life. It takes a while to get to the love scenes, but the payoff is worth it - very romantic! This is the first novel I have read by DH, but I will definitely go read her others.

portrait of thirteenth century England

King John accepts the request of Sir Enguerran d'Oilly to marry one of his Highness' wards, Lady Amica de la Beres. Ami wants nothing to do with her odious hedonistic neighbor, but knows that she must obey the order of her guardian, yet refuses the king's request. The lass believes that Enguerran wants to use her to climb the social ladder and would gladly allow King John to treat her as his personal whore. Ami needs a plan and when she notices the chilly brute guarding the wards, she wonders if she could obtain the aid of Michel de Martigny.Michel has desired Ami from the moment he first saw her, but knows a lowlife foreigner like himself is beneath the King's ward. Still he finds it extremely difficult to allow the abominable Enguerran to possess the feisty Ami. He needs a plan to save the woman he now loves.Though there is a romantic theme throughout the tale, THE WARRIOR'S GAME reads more like a historical fiction than a medieval romance. The story line provides a deep look at the court of King John, but that turns into a double-edged sword. Readers obtain much insight into the era than usually found in a novel in which John plays a key secondary role. However, all that acumen makes the romance between the lead couple seem pale as the starring duo feels evanescent rather than fulfilling. Still Denise Hampton paints quite a portrait of thirteenth century England.Harriet Klausner

Third in the series - Ami's story

The third in this series from Denise Hampton. In this story it is Ami's time to find a new love. But, along the way she must also deal with the advances of a King who wants all that he desires in his bed. The King also likes to play games with his subjects, as a way of amusement. Ami on the other hand is drawn to this hired knight but at the same time he is but a commoner and therefore below her station. If you liked the first 2 you will also enjoy this one. In fact I liked this one as much as I did the first!