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BARON OF GODSMERE: A Medieval Romance (The Feud Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Tamara Leigh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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THE FEUD
England, 1308. Boursier, De Arell, Verdun—three noblemen who secretly gather to ally against their treacherous lord. But though each is elevated to a baron in his own right and given a portion of his lord’s lands, jealousy and reprisal lead to a twenty-five year feud, pitting family against family, passing father to son.

THE DECREE
England, 1333. The chink in Baron Boursier’s armor is his fondness for a lovely face. When it costs him half his sight and brands him as one who abuses women, he vows to never again be “blinded” by beauty. Thus, given the choice between forfeiting his lands and wedding one of his enemies to end their feud, he chooses as his betrothed the lady said to be plain of face, rejecting the lady rumored to be most fair.

THE ENEMY
On the eve of the deadline to honor the king’s decree of marriage, the fair Elianor of Emberly takes matters into her own hands. Determined none will suffer marriage to the man better known as The Boursier, she sets in motion her plan to imprison him long enough to ensure his barony is forfeited. But when all goes awry and her wrathful enemy compels her to wed him to save his lands, she discovers he is either much changed or much maligned. And the real enemy is one who lurks in their midst. One bent on keeping the feud burning.
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First published with Bantam, HarperCollins, and RandomHouse, Tamara Leigh is a USA Today Bestselling, Award-Winning author of more than thirty-five medieval and contemporary romances, including her AGE OF FAITH series. In late 2018, Tamara released Merciless, the first book in the new AGE OF CONQUEST series unveiling the origins of the Wulfrith family. Psst!--It all began with a woman.

About the Author

Tamara Leigh is a USA Today Bestselling, Award-Winning author of more than thirty-five medieval and contemporary romances, including her AGE OF FAITH series.
 
AGE OF CONQUEST: A Medieval Romance Series
Merciless
Fearless
Nameless
Heartless
Reckless
Boundless (Winter 2020)

AGE OF FAITH: A Medieval Romance Series
The Unveiling
The Yielding
The Redeeming
The Kindling 
The Longing
The Vexing
The Awakening
The Raveling

THE FEUD: A Medieval Romance Series
Baron of Godsmere
Baron of Emberly
Baron of Blackwood

LADY: A Medieval Romance Series
Lady At Arms
Lady of Eve

BEYOND TIME: A Medieval Time Travel Romance Series
Dreamspell
Lady Ever After

STAND-ALONE Medieval Romance Novels
Lady of Fire
Lady of Conquest
Lady Undaunted
Lady Betrayed

INSPIRATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
HEAD OVER HEELS COLLECTION
Stealing Adda
Perfecting Kate
Splitting Harriet
Faking Grace

SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT SERIES
Leaving Carolina
Nowhere Carolina
Restless in Carolina

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00TLFMPX0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tamara Leigh; 2nd edition (February 13, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 13, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1678 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 408 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Tamara Leigh signed a 4-book contract with Bantam Books in 1993, her debut medieval romance was nominated for a RITA award, and successive books with Bantam, HarperCollins, and Dorchester earned awards and appeared on national bestseller lists.

In 2006, the first of Tamara’s inspirational contemporary romances was published, followed by six more with Multnomah and RandomHouse. Perfecting Kate was optioned for a movie, Splitting Harriet won an ACFW Book of the Year award, and Faking Grace was nominated for a RITA award.

In 2012, Tamara returned to the historical romance genre with the release of Dreamspell and the bestselling Age of Faith and The Feud series. Among her #1 bestsellers are her general market romances rewritten as clean and inspirational reads, including Lady at Arms and Lady of Conquest. In late 2018, she released MERCILESS, the first book in the new AGE OF CONQUEST series, to be followed by seven more unveiling the origins of the Wulfrith family. PSST!—It All Began With a Woman. Watch for BOUNDLESS, LAWLESS, and DAUNTLESS, the final books in the AOC series, releasing in 2021.

Tamara lives near Nashville with her husband, a German Shepherd who has never met a squeaky toy she can’t destroy, and a feisty Morkie who keeps her company during long writing stints. Connect with her at her website www.tamaraleigh.com, Facebook, Twitter and tamaraleightenn@gmail.com.

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AGE OF CONQUEST: A Medieval Romance Series

Merciless

Fearless

Nameless

Heartless

Reckless

Boundless

Lawless (Spring 2021)

Dauntless (Autumn 2021)

AGE OF FAITH: A Medieval Romance Series

The Unveiling

The Yielding

The Redeeming

The Kindling

The Longing

The Vexing

The Awakening

The Raveling

THE FEUD: A Medieval Romance Series

Baron of Godsmere

Baron of Emberly

Baron of Blackwood

LADY: A Medieval Romance Series

Lady At Arms

Lady of Eve

BEYOND TIME: A Medieval Time Travel Romance Series

Dreamspell

Lady Ever After

STAND-ALONE Medieval Romance Novels

Lady of Fire

Lady of Conquest

Lady Undaunted

Lady Betrayed

INSPIRATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

HEAD OVER HEELS COLLECTION

Stealing Adda

Perfecting Kate

Splitting harriet

Faking Grace

SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT SERIES

Leaving Carolina

Nowhere Carolina

Restless in Carolina

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Mary
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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This is a refreshing, well developed story. Don't start it unless you have really good self control or time to read the whole thing - you won't want to put it down! So many books I read these days are predictable, cookie cutter stories and plenty of them are rife with grammatical errors and incorrect word usage. If there were such errors in this book, they were negligible. Only complaint I have there is the repeated use of the word "guile." That one got old. A lot of times I find an author whose first book I read is great, but the more of them I read, the shorter and more generic they get. Like they're just trying to hut a page count and churn one out to satisfy a deadline. So far that has not been the case with this author. There is substance to the characters and the storyline in this book, and the author has a way to keep you guessing. I'm usually pretty intuitive and figure out "whodunit." Not here. My only other complaint is that there is a bit of a cliffhanger and I saw no warning about that.
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Kathy (Bookworm Nation)
4.0 out of 5 stars Got swept up in this love story
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2015
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Tamara Leigh has become my go-to author for medieval romance. She has a captivating way of writing that sucks you into the story and has you falling in love with her characters. I love her medieval because they feel so authentic, without being boring or feeling like a history lesson.

Elianor suffered through a horrible first marriage. Although she was only married for two years, they were years filled with constant abuse. She is now a widow and learns she is to be wed to The Boursier (Bayard), who has a horrible reputation. Bayard also suffered from a bad first marriage and is not happy when the kind orders him to marry, given the choice of two brides, either Elianor or Thomasin, to try and find peace between the three warring families. Elianor will do just about anything to avoid another abusive marriage. Without thinking through her actions she sets in motion a plan that will change all their lives and have outcomes she may soon regret.

I liked Elianor. She had a horrible past and while it was a big part of the story, it was never overly detailed or felt too heavy. I actually liked seeing how strong she was and how all her abuse didn't break her. Bayard and Elianor's relationship is complex and has many layers. They both have preconceived notions and have to overcome their pasts before they can ever focus on a future. I loved how Bayard handled Elianor, he has an amazing amount of patience. I ended up really enjoying their story and watching their relationship unfold. They had great chemistry and while it was fun watching them butt heads, it was even better when it slowly turned to respect and love. They easily made it to my Favorite Couple shelf.

There is a bit of a mystery throughout the story and one that will probably continue through the series. The book wraps up nicely without too many cliffhangers (which I love), but left me excited to read the next book. Ms. Leigh has woven an intense love story and one I'd recommend.

Content
Romance: Pretty clean, mild innuendo and fade to black intimacy
Language: None
Violence: Mild
Religious: Mild-Moderate, felt true to character and time period, not preachy
Read Again: Yes!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best "clean romance" author I have read!
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2018
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I am happy to have found this Tamara Leigh. I love a good romance story but no longer enjoy reading the TMI love scenes. I like some heat in a story but can do without ALL the details.

Romance level: CLEAN but engaging story. I could feel the sexual tension but was not overwhelmed with the details.
Plot: More on this later but the plot was engaging, intriguing, fun to read, and left me eager for the next story.
Style: Tamara Leigh is a great writer! So many of these clean romances seem to have been written by authors without any sense of style. This book is well written with great dialogue, wonderful character development, no distractions from terrible grammar or spelling, and a well thought out plot that was not ponderous or hard to follow.
Religious content: Not at all preachy while being respectful of Christian beliefs. This is NOT an evangelical book in that it seeks to bring the reader to salvation. The religious content flows well with the story and fits the time period.

The Baron of Godsmere is the first of the series and introduces the reader to many characters that will be in the later 2 books. I did have to re-read a few parts to keep everyone straight in my head, but that is to be expected in a series of books. Both the hero and heroine have deep betrayals and hurts in their past and this is really the source of the all-important tension in a romance novel. The hero is not a brute, nor is he annoyingly soft. I expect alpha males in my romance novels and he fits the bill. Our heroine is no simpering maiden but she is a very damaged person. She is also a bit too impetuous for my taste but that does set the stage for revelations that need to happen in order to move the story along. I like the heroine well enough. There is romance, action, mystery...all the things a great romance story needs.
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Lavender24
5.0 out of 5 stars Sword Fighting, Castles, Hidden Passages - And Toe Curling Kisses! Emotional, Exciting, and Thoroughly Engaging!
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2016
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Riveting! It was hard to put this book down! I was amazed at the twists and turns and fully enjoyed this story to the last drop! Tamara Leigh has an incomparable talent for weaving medieval tales. Every book of hers has drawn me in and kept me engaged. This story is no different!

The main male character, Bayard, is The Boursier - The Baron of Godsmere. Elianor of Emberly is one of the women that Bayard has to choose from to marry - forced by a decree from the King. This marriage will be the first of 3 that will join 3 feuding families - and hopefully bring much needed peace.
This story just doesn't stop! It has SO much!!! Sword fighting, castles, hidden passages, a secret evil plot to stop everything. Clean romance with great passion, and wonderful toe curling kisses.
I LOVE Bayard and Elianor's characters! Both are so strong - yet so reluctant to trust because of the pasts that each of them has endured.
Their love story is emotional, exciting, and thoroughly engagingl!
I highly recommend this book - as well as all of Tamara Leigh's other books. They are all SO good!
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Wendy C
5.0 out of 5 stars A little late, but here I go! :D
Reviewed in Canada on February 2, 2018
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I happened to notice that I hadn't written a review even though I read this book well over a year ago. This was the first book I ever read by Ms. Leigh and little did I know that it (and the subsequent novels) would spawn a devoted fan!
The writing is superb, the characters so well-developed I grew to either love or really dislike them, and the story flawless. I LOVED Baron of Godsmere and the have purchased all but the newest book in the series...but I'll be getting that in the next few days 😀 Highly recommend this and any of Ms. Leigh's books!
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Asteria
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Medieval Romance!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2018
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I really enjoyed this start to a trilogy, that tells the tales of three barons and the women they are told to marry by the King.

Admittedly I got a wee bit lost at the start with ye olde style language - but stuck with it because a wonderfully sweet romance awaits you.

There's a mystery to solve - just enough to keep your interest, nothing too confusing.

The developing relationship between the hero and heroine is sweetly delightful and a refreshing change from romances where the characters seem to spend most of their time engaged in athletic intimacies (not that I dislike those stories, you just need something different sometimes )

I really really enjoyed this book. It put a happy smile on my face and now I'm going to grab another book by this (new to me) author: I'm hooked!
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Jane Pike
5.0 out of 5 stars Can enemies negotiate a truce?
Reviewed in Germany on January 22, 2017
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25 years ago the fathers of the current barons forged an alliance to bring down their traitorous lord. Each of them receiving a barony from the king afterwards. But peace is far away, mistrust and treachery dictate the life of the barons.

Boursier, Baron of Godsmere once married a fair lady and thought himself in love, knowing that she already loved another and paying a high price for it, he lost his sight on one eye and is marked with a scar for life. Now his king demands peace between the three families and ordering them to marry into the other houses. He decides after that terrible mistake to marry into the other house, a plain illegitimate daughter instead of the pretty niece of his former wife’s family.

But before he has a chance to claim his bride, he is drugged and locked up, by Elianor of Emberly, his ex-wife’s niece. She wants the monster to forfeit his lands by disobeying his kings decree. When her co-conspirator is out to draw Boursiers blood she intervenes and finds herself captive. And with that the whole deceit starts. A game of cat and mouse, nothing is the way it seems. No one tells the truth. One is out, hiding between them, to draw blood.

Can those two overcome the past, stay alive and find the one in hiding, uncover the secrets?

A truly unlike pair with strong wills, clever wits and scars deeply hidden inside. Those two are loveable. Their fights are quite entertaining, but you hope that they will be able to work together to find the real culprit. Up until the end you don’t know if they are able to stay alive and figure out the scheme. The book is so exciting and thrilling you won’t want to put it down. Tamara is a wonderful author, her stories are twisting and turning with clever plots and awesome characters. I need to read the next two books in the series.
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Simone Knight
5.0 out of 5 stars Baron of Godsmere: Book one
Reviewed in Australia on March 13, 2015
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I loved this book, it was easy to get lost in. Tamara Leigh, you are a very gifted writer. I can't wait for the next one.
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Wildfly56
4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting medieval tale
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2022
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Betrayal and lies, lead to feuds that displeased the king. Forced to consider marriages between the funding families, one female sets out to ensure the groom fails to net the kings deadline. Full of twists and turns made for a good read
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