The Hawk and the Dove
by Virginia Henley
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The Dove...She'd been bought for a strip of land, then abandoned- a bartered bride, married by proxy, determined to wreak revenge. As innocent Sara Bishop she'd paid dearly for freedom from her cruel, mocking family. As flame-haired, jade-eyed Sabre Wilde, she would scandalize Queen Elizabeth's court as she set out to seduce her unknown husband, become his mistress--and make him her slave.The Hawk...The Queen's favorite, called The Sea God, his white teeth flashed in his bronze face as his show more deep, virile voice boomed orders to his men. He branded Sabre with his searing kiss and his masterful touch, not even aware she was already his wife. Captain Shane Hawkhurst knew how to command, how to subdue and ravage an enemy, but was he prepared to be caught in passion's merciless snare by a fiery beauty who ruled his heart and inflamed his senses? show lessTags
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These EARLY Virginia Henley books cannot be beat for Historical Romance. Sadly her later works do not compare. Her "The ____ and the ____" series are far and away the best Historical Romances I have ever read. One of them I can't remember if it was this one or The Pirate and The pagan won Best Historical Romance the year it was published. EPIC.
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Romance novelist Virginia Henley was born in England in 1935. Her novels, many of them set in medieval England, Scotland or Ireland, are often published in hardcover as well as paperback, a rarity in the romance genre. Henley won the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award for Historical Fiction in 1996. Her titles "Seduced" & "Desired" were New show more York Times Bestsellers. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Original title
- The Hawk and the Dove
- Original publication date
- 1988-09
- People/Characters
- Captain Shane Hawkhurst (Sea God); Sara Bishop (Sabre Wilde)
- Important places
- England, UK
- Important events
- Tudor Era (1485 | 1603); Elizabethan Era (1558 | 1603)
- Dedication
- Dedicated to two ladies who really know their stuff. My editor, Maggie Lichota--the best in the business, and Kathe Robin, who never abuses her infinite power
- First words
- Cheltenham, 1586
Spring had not yet arrived. - Publisher's editor
- Maggie Lichota
- Original language
- English
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- 225
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.74)
- Languages
- 5 — Czech, English, French, Norwegian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 1
