“I’m your husband now.” His hands parted her knees wider, holding them withĮase, his strength overpowering her straining attempts to close them again. “It’s very nearly pitch dark in here, woman. He snatched away the pillow she held and tossed it from the bed. “Your hands are cold, my lord,” he corrected her in a low, dangerous tone. Grabbing her ankles, he pulled her under him. Lady knows my temper is not to be trifled with.” “Thought I scented the faint odor of sarcasm. He lowered over the bed, a hand on either side of her. Thus, playing her part, she replied with all sickly Instead of the pure maiden her new husband demanded, Deorwynn had the dubious Gladly have tumbled in that bed tonight, but since she was a faithless trollop Had Sybilia been the all-important virgin, she would To forget her previous lover the first moment she laid eyes on this great hunk ofīlue-eyed manhood. Supposed to be that idiot Sybilia, she reminded herself-the woman who was ready It beneath her veil and in the semi-dark, so it was wasted. He stilled at the foot of the bed, his tall shadow looming over her.ĭeorwynn felt one of her scowls coming on, but she banked it. She nodded and then, remembering he might not see, murmured a quiet,

“You have been told what to expect?” he mumbled. I look forward to the next book involving Deorwynn’s brother. I was so enthralled with this book and the characters that I hated to see it end. Not going so fast that you get thrown out of the plot. Needless to say this made for some really good and fun dialogue. Everything was well paced even the passion, never allowing you to get bored but There was no instant love but instead an instant dislike that was confused by the electricity arcing between Deorwynn and Guy. Plus his arrogance only added to his inevitable fall because really who can withstand Deorwynn.

I really didn’t want to like Guy but the author did such detailed job of explaining the history that the way he thinks makes sense. Women are beneath him or so he thinks until a captive beauty curses him. Guy is like most men in history taking what he wants, thinking it’s deserved to him.

She never whines about her fate but instead takes what fate gives her and enjoys her life to the best of her ability. Deorwynn is no simpering woman to obey the commands of a man, while as a woman she may not have a lot of choices she has enough and she’ll make them work for her. There is something to be said for a opinionate wench, especially in a historical romance. Looking around the cruel and dreary life of the convent she will do anything to be free even give herself to the enemy, a Norman. Deorwynn has a choice to make, she can either stay at the convent and become a nun or follow her mistress and be a proxy virgin for her.

The Virgin Proxy by Georgia Fox