A Courtship at Linlithgow
(2025)(The first book in the Thistle and Rose series)
A novel by Kate Robbins
A carefully orchestrated plot, or a chance encounter? Their love burns through all doubt.
Marion Baird’s biggest problem is her mother’s greed. Excited to explore King James''s court, Marion wishes to avoid being flaunted in front of future prospects like a prized cow. She would rather explore the lavish castle grounds and library at Linlithgow Palace. That is until she encounters a man straight out of legend she can neither ignore nor deny.
Alexander Campbell, Earl of Argyll has accepted an invitation to the King’s summer tourney. While the exercise is welcome, the society is wrought with drooling mothers and daughters anxious to display their lack of talent and grace. This event will prove no different. He encounters a bewitching lady in the gardens during the masked ball and what follows will be burned onto his soul for all time.
Caught between scandal and prejudice, Marion and Alexander must decide if their passion is real or the product of a carefully orchestrated plot.
Tropes You'll Love:
Marion Baird’s biggest problem is her mother’s greed. Excited to explore King James''s court, Marion wishes to avoid being flaunted in front of future prospects like a prized cow. She would rather explore the lavish castle grounds and library at Linlithgow Palace. That is until she encounters a man straight out of legend she can neither ignore nor deny.
Alexander Campbell, Earl of Argyll has accepted an invitation to the King’s summer tourney. While the exercise is welcome, the society is wrought with drooling mothers and daughters anxious to display their lack of talent and grace. This event will prove no different. He encounters a bewitching lady in the gardens during the masked ball and what follows will be burned onto his soul for all time.
Caught between scandal and prejudice, Marion and Alexander must decide if their passion is real or the product of a carefully orchestrated plot.
Tropes You'll Love:
- Arranged marriage
Throwing a grand ball
Honorable knight; innocent maiden
Broken past engagement
Medieval pageantry
Scheming mother
Royal interference
Double romance
Tourney and knights
Scottish king and English queen
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Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.
Thistle and Rose
Book 1 - A Courtship at Linlithgow
Book 2 – A Courtship in the Highlands
Book 3 – A Courtship at Stirling
Genre: Historical