The Heiress by Jude Deveraux [Review]

The Heiress (Montgomery/Taggert Family #11) by Jude Deveraux
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: May 8, 2024

Montgomery/Taggert Family
1. The Black Lyon
2. The Duchess
3. The Temptress
4. The Raider
5. Mountain Laurel
6. Sweet Liar
7. Wishes
8. The Princess
9. Eternity
10. Someone to Love
11. The Heiress - Paperback | Kindle
12. The Awakening
13. The Invitation
14. High Tide
15. A Knight in Shining Armor

Jude Deveraux
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Jamie Montgomery, an impoverished Elizabethan knight, is elated when he is assigned to escort Axia, the Lancaster heiress, to the castle of her betrothed. If only she will fall in love with Jamie—as Jamie's devoted older sister predict—the family's financial woes will be solved. But Axia, who has spent her life closely guarded by her father's servants, is not the shy, cossetted flower Jamie expects. She's a hoyden, hell-bent on enjoying her precious moments of liberty before her marriage to a man chosen by her remote, eccentric father.

After curtly informing Jamie not to bother declaring his love for her—as all poor, handsome men seem wont to do—Axia makes his life a misery, sneaking off to the marketplace, nearly breaking her neck on a runaway horse, and doing everything possible to delay the trip. Though she dare not admit it, even to herself, Axia dreads being wed to a stranger. Suddenly Jamie realizes that he savors even her most barbed words like the rarest nectar...and that he is falling desperately in love with this bold, maddening beauty. Now he must contrive a daring plan to win her freedom—and win her proud, defiant heart for his own!

Thoughts on The Heiress: Another Montgomery family re-read. This one starring an honorable (and incredibly handsome) knight and the lady who challenges him at every turn. Just to make things fun, Axia switches places with her cousin to make Jamie think the cousin is the heiress he's supposed to be guarding (and wooing since the Montgomery family desperately needs some help in the finance department), but Jamie's too darn honorable to take advantage of anyone. Well, sort of. Let's just say Jamie really is a good knight and brother and he's torn between what he thinks he needs to do to save his family and all the feelings he's starting to feel for the lady who gets under his skin pretty much by only breathing.

Yep. Jamie and Axia butt heads. Kind of a lot. Axia is smart and wily and sees opportunities in everything and they way she just picks up and does what she wants to do puts Jamie on edge. She's also kind and can make money hand over fist and she really DOESN'T want to fall for the honorable (and handsome) knight, but THINGS HAPPEN.

A little subterfuge and trickery, complicated family dynamics, a knight who doesn't enjoy lies, and a lady who finds wonder in everything. GOOD STUFF!