Tamara Leigh’s BARON OF EMBERLY – The Saga Continues, a Medieval Romance to Savor

Set in England in 1334, this second book of The Feud series is a good story. Magnus Verdun, Baron Emberly, is a handsome nobleman who struggles to hide an affliction. While pursuing the murderous brigands who plague his lands, he becomes the unwitting savior of the woman the king has decreed he wed—the young Lady Thomasin, whose very presence threatens his carefully ordered life.

Having been common-born, her noble father, the Baron of Blackwood, loves her and expects the Baron of Emberly to make her a good husband. Without explaining why, her new husband confines her to sleep in a separate chamber and does not consummate the marriage. When he also demands she do as he asks, Thomasin rebels, which makes her the pawn of those determined to further the feud between their families.

This story began with an attack by villains on the heroine and a marriage neither she nor her handsome betrothed wanted. Still, she means to make the best of it and become the lady he expects. As with the first book in the series, this one has an authentic medieval feel so that you truly feel placed in the 14^th century. I loved that about it. It’s slower-paced than others I have read but the story does not disappoint.