Book description
Beautiful, iron-willed heiress to power, Joanna secretly burns with an explosive inner passion as wild and-- radiant as her flaming red hair. But her deepest emotions are tragically frozen by the cold fear of a man's tender love. Ensnared in the violent lusts and dangerous intrigues of King John's decadent…
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1 author picked Joanna as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Roselynde Chronicles aren’t just historical romances; they’re a deep dive into English life during the reigns of Richard the Lionheart and King John. Because Roberta Gellis didn’t prettify the traditions and conditions of the era and toned down only the practices and language that would confound modern readers, I was almost effortlessly transported back to that period.
My favorite book in the series is the third novel, Joanna, largely because of a hero who doesn’t fit the romance archetype of devastatingly tall, dark, and handsome. Not that Geoffrey isn’t one of the three, but he’s presented as the most…
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