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Stealthy and dangerous as the name he bears, Wolf, outlaw knight of Abergwynn, has no quarrel with the struggling young beauty in his arms. He has come to Tower Dwyrain to take his revenge against her bridegroom, a brutal nobleman Wolf has sworn to dishonor. Through this woman, Wolf thought he could carry out a carefully wrought vengeance. Instead, he finds a different fate -- a lady to fight for and to ennoble his dark, wayward soul.
Megan of Dwyrain has been haunted by a sorcerer's prediction that her castle would be destroyed, her arranged marriage doomed, and her enemy made her beloved. Now, in the iron grasp of the abductor who invaded her wedding, she beholds eyes that glitter not with hate but with devilment and spirit. She will challenge him, try to escape him, and yet find in him a Wolf she hungers to tame -- a knight who inspires a love that nothing, not dungeons dark nor the risk of death itself, can end.
- Sales Rank: #919427 in Books
- Brand: Pocket Books
- Published on: 2005-12-01
- Released on: 2005-12-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x 1.20" w x 4.19" l, .38 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 368 pages
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When a sorcerer predicts the downfall of Megan of Dwyrain's home, she doesn't believe him. Then her mother, brother and sister die and she finds herself faced with marriage to a man she despises. The sorcerer told her that only true love will restore her home and her honor. But when she is kidnapped by a black hearted man who calls himself Wolf, Megan can't believe that he will be her salvation. Forced to travel with Wolf and his band of outlaws, Megan is thankful that he saved her from having to consummate her marriage with Holt of Prydd. But she can't stay with Wolf-- he intends to ransom her back to her husband. Once, Ware of Abergwynn was a young man of noble birth, until he lost his home. Then a heinous act of violence against the girl he loved hardened his heart in pursuit of one thing-- revenge. Seeking to steal Holt's bride away and make him suffer, Wolf doesn't think about the woman in question. But Megan is more than just a prize to be ransomed, she is beautiful and willful-- and he wants her more than he has ever wanted anything. But she said the vows to Holt-- even as she claims she doesn't love him-- and Wolf cannot take what isn't his. He is tormented by desire for Megan and the need for revenge. While her father's health fails and Holt prepares to inherit the title of Baron, Megan is torn between her feelings for Wolf and the need to return to her home. Despite the fact that he is an outlaw, Megan sees past the tough exterior and into the heart of a man who is tender and loving. If she can get an annulment from Holt and prove that Holt is an enemy to Dwyrain, perhaps she will have a future with Wolf. But the web of treachery and deceit threatens to destroy her and the man she loves.Set in Wales in 1297, Outlaw is a grand tale of passion and honor! Susan Lynn Crose has proven herself to be a masterful storyteller! Magical! A richly crafted novel of the highest caliber! Ms. Crose has outdone herself this time! An enchanting medieval romance! Beautifully written by a very gifted author! Outlaw is so good, it should be illegal! Let yourself be carried back in time on the wings of Susan Lynn Crose's imagination!Kristina Wright -- Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times
About the Author
Lisa Jackson is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy books including romantic suspense, thrillers and contemporary and historical romances. She is a recipient of the RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award and has also been honored with their Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense. Born in Oregon, she continues to make her home among family, friends and dogs in the Pacific Northwest. Visit her at www.lisajackson.com.
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Prologue
Wales
Winter 1295
"Hurry!" Megan ordered, her breath fogging in the frigid air as she leaned forward in the saddle. Her horse, a headstrong bay mare with an urge to nip, galloped through the forest as night closed in. "Faster, you beast, faster!" Megan glanced at the sky. Through the bare branches she saw clouds, thick and dark and menacing, ready to spill a shower of sleet over the countryside near the castle of Dwyrain, her home.
At least she hoped it was still her home. Her father might just banish her this time. "Please, God, no," she whispered, suddenly frightened and contrite. Why had she been so foolish as to let her younger sister Cayley goad her into an argument? Wouldn't she ever learn?
"Run, Shalimar, 'tis a good girl you be." The encouragement she gave slid through teeth that chattered.
The wind picked up. Megan shivered. Her gloved fingers turned to ice as she held the reins. The forest surrounding Dwyrain had always been an enchanted place in the summer where she'd ridden, hunted, laughed, and waded in the meandering streams. She'd picked berries and nuts, dug for herbs, and plucked wildflowers and ferns from their stalks.
But this afternoon, only a few days before the Christmas revels were to begin, the woods were gloomy; the dark-limbed trees with their naked branches appeared to be forgotten soldiers guarding secrets that no mortal man dared unearth. How many times had her mother warned her that the forests around Dwyrain were sinister, haunted by the spirits of ghosts, people who had believed in the old ways rather than the lawful teachings of the church?
Megan had always laughed at her mother's silly warnings, though Violet of Dwyrain was not the only one who believed in spirits boding both good and evil. Many servants in the castle professed Christianity and knelt on the cold stone floor of the chapel each day, but clung to the faith of their forefathers -- the ancient ways. Even old Rue, the nursemaid, trusted the runes and spells of her elders. Megan had spent years watching her, learning quickly, though knowing instinctively that she should never let anyone realize just how much of Rue's pagan magic she'd planted in her mind.
Gathering her cloak to her neck, she squinted as the first icy drops began to fall. The sky was nearly black, and again Megan cursed herself for her foolishness. Her father, Baron Ewan, would be furious with her and would probably send her to her chamber without food and order her to spend hours in the chapel on her knees while begging forgiveness of the Blessed Mother and Holy Father.
Saints in heaven, why had she been so foolish? Frozen cobwebs brushed her cheeks as she rode, guiding the animal down the narrow deer trail. The mare's quick hoofbeats echoed in the quiet forest. Gripping her hood about her neck with one hand, Megan leaned forward and the horse took the bit, running faster and faster along the narrow trail. "'Tis good you are, Shalimar," Megan cried as a branch slapped her face. They weren't far now, just around the next bend and up a hill and --
The earth seemed to shift. Megan flew forward as Shalimar stumbled.
"Oh!" As she slid sideways in the saddle, leafless branches spun wildly in her vision. The slick reins slid from her fingers as she hung upside down. Her cloak fell over her face and swept the ground. Gamely, the horse plowed forward, limping. "Stop! Shalimar! Halt!" she commanded, scrambling to pull herself back into the saddle. The mare went down on one knee and Megan, barely astride again, pitched forward.
The ground rushed up at her. She landed hard on her shoulder. Pain screamed up her arm and she felt dizzy as she tried to sit up. Shalimar stood, sweating and mud-spattered, favoring a foreleg, her liquid eyes rimmed in white, her dirty coat trembling.
Gritting her teeth, Megan climbed to her feet and made her way to her horse. "What is it, girl?" she asked, but the mare shied and limped farther away.
"Your mount's lame." A deep, soft-spoken voice shook the rain from the leaves of the ivy that clung tenaciously to the trees.
Megan nearly jumped out of her skin. She whirled quickly, her boots sliding in the mud, her eyes narrowed as she squinted into the thicket. "Who are you?" she asked, her horse forgotten, her fingers searching through the slits in her cloak for the knife she had strapped to her belt. "Show yourself."
A soft chuckle followed and an owl hooted from the higher branches of a great fir tree.
"I said -- "
"I heard you." A man appeared from the shadows. Tall, broad-shouldered, with a ragged cape that nearly touched the ground, he stepped forward with a noticeable limp. His face was hidden by the hood of his cape, and for a second, Megan shivered in fear. "What are you doing out here alone, Megan of Dwyrain?"
Her throat went dry as her fingers clasped upon the hilt of her dagger. "I -- I went riding."
"Ahh. Because of a tiff with your sister Cayley, aye?"
Her heart pounded. "But how did you know? Were you in the keep standing with your ear to the door? Who are you?" she demanded, tossing her wet hair from her face and lifting her chin proudly, mimicking her older brother Bevan. Rain dripped off her nose and chin ignobly and dirt was probably smudged on her face, but she stood her ground, refusing to appear frightened.
"I...feel things," he said, looking suddenly vexed, as if he would like to come up with a better explanation, but could not. "Now, let's have a look at your mount."
"She'll shy."
He ignored Megan and spoke softly to the horse. His words were nearly hypnotic, a chant of sorts at which Shalimar, snorting nervously, didn't flinch; not even when he lifted her pained leg and examined it with long fingers that protruded from gloves that covered only his palms. What kind of man was he? The mare, anxious only seconds before, quieted under his hands, and when he reached beneath his cape and withdrew a fat leather pouch, she didn't so much as nicker.
"What're you doing?" Megan asked.
"Shh!" His command was sharp. "You'll scare her." Gently, holding his gloves in his teeth, he applied the jellylike salve, speaking nearly inaudibly to the horse, closing his eyes for a second as he wrapped his fingers around Shalimar's foreleg. The bay didn't move and appeared in a trance.
Rain pelted the ground, creating pools and splashing in icy droplets against Megan's face and cloak. Shuddering, she stepped away from the mystical man. Though she believed that there were powers on this earth that she didn't understand, powers greater than those given to men and accompanied by crown and scepter, powers that were invisible to most and granted to only a few, she felt a jab of fear.
"There now, you may go," the man said, turning toward her. His face was shadowed by his hood, but she saw that his eyes were blue as the sky in summer.
"Who are you?"
He slid his fingers through the holes in his gloves. "'Tis of no consequence."
"A sorcerer?"
His smile was humble. "Would you want to think of me as such, so be it."
Shalimar ambled forward, no hint of her injury visible in her gait. "The horse is healed."
"Aye, but be careful. She's not meant to run on slick trails that are weakened by the burrows of moles and rabbits and badgers. Race her only where the earth is firm."
Megan, always impetuous, couldn't help her wayward tongue. "But you limp, sir," she said, motioning to his bad leg. "Why do you not heal yourself as you have the mare?"
"Ah yes, that." He thought for a second, those intense eyes studying her as if she were a mystery. "My injury is old. From my youth, before I knew how to heal. And it matters not. 'Tis a reminder to me that I am mortal and that there is suffering in the world."
"So you choose to be a cripple?" she asked aghast.
"'Tis my fate." He threw her a crooked grin. "Now, be off. 'Tis nearly dark and the baron is not pleased."
She wanted to know more of this man, this would-be magician. "Please, come with me," she begged. "My father would want to thank you for helping me and my horse. He'd surely offer you a hot trencher of brawn or eel and a cup of wine along with the safety of the castle for the night."
The man's smile was odd. "Nay, child. I prefer the solitude of the forest." At that moment, the owl hooted again and the wizard -- for that's what she believed him to be -- glanced skyward. Rain ran down his face, but he didn't notice. "Hush, Owain, be patient," he said. The owl ignored him, letting loose another soft call, and the man grinned widely, showing off white teeth beneath a nose that wasn't quite straight. "He's a stubborn fellow, that one."
"You know my name," Megan said as he handed her Shalimar's reins, "but I know not yours."
"'Tis better if you don't."
"Are you an enemy of Dwyrain?"
He hesitated and his eyes looked over her shoulder, to a distance that was of his own making. "Nay, child -- now, be gone."
As if rooted to the ground, she didn't move -- just stared, fascinated, into his eyes. "You speak with animals."
"I only see into their minds."
"Can you see into mine as well?" she asked.
"Perhaps." His sigh was as soft as the wind. "Is that what you'd like?"
"Nay -- aye -- I know not."
"Sometimes it is best if we know not what others think."
Shivering, Megan shook her head. "Tell me."
Eyeing her but a moment, he said, "So be it." He removed one glove and took her hand in his. She expected his fingers to be frigid as the sea, but a warmth traveled from his palm to hers. "I see not into your mind, but to the years of your life not yet lived."
"You see ahead in time -- you foretell what will be?"
"Aye. 'Tis my curse. Would you like to know of your unborn years?"
She could barely breathe and a part of her wanted to flee, to be rid of this odd forest-man with his gentle voice and knowing eyes, and yet she couldn't let go, for she trusted him. The warmth of his hand, his soothing voice, his trustworthy eyes. Nodding, she brac...
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
A Truly Timeless Romance!
By Kristi Ahlers
Ms. Crose's (aka Lisa Jackson) story "Outlaw" is a very moving historical romance that even ten years after it's original publication still entertains with its descriptive prose, larger then life characters, and a romance that's timeless.
Wolf is an outlaw. Years earlier his future was brutally stolen from him. He made a vow to achieve his revenge no matter the cost. He has planned long and hard and when his enemy marries he puts his plan into motion. He will kidnap the lovely Megan of Dwyrain he will take the one thing that was taken from him. But, Wolf does not count of the fiery lass awakening his heart. Will he be able to let her go once his revenge is met or will Megan tame the hurt and anger that is such a part of him and allow him to find peace?
Megan wants nothing to do with her marriage to Holt. Her life has been a tragedy since her run in with a sorcerer's prediction. Sadly her wedding day arrives and she is wed to a man she loathes. But, unbeknownst to her she is about to be captured in more ways then one. She wants to hate Wolf for what he's done but she can't deny the attraction that burns between them. Wolf is too honorable for an outlaw and when they finally share a kiss things are made more difficult then ever. Megan is married but she is falling in love with her captor. Will these two have a chance at a happy ending?
Megan and Wolf are wonderful, complex characters and Ms. Crose does right by them. Their relationship is not an easy one but the chemistry between them is almost palatable so the reader will feel truly connected. This is truly a wonderful "knight and damsel in distress" type romance that is neither trite nor predictable.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
4 and 1/2 Stars - Great Finish to the Welsh Medieval Trilogy!
By Regan
This is the third in Jackson's medieval trilogy set in 13th century Wales (ENCHANTRESS, KISS OF THE MOON and OUTLAW). This one begins 10 years after the first one. I gave ENCHANTRESS and KISS OF THE MOON both 5 stars in my reviews, and this, the final installment, is also very good. I recommend reading the trilogy in order. In OUTLAW, Jackson ties up all the loose ends and brings the characters from the first two into the story for a dramatic and surprising finish. I'm giving OUTLAW 4 and 1/2 stars as I think it's not quite as good as the first two, but still highly recommended. The whole trilogy is a keeper.
We first met Ware of Abergwynn in ENCHANTRESS. He was the younger brother of Garrick, who lived in his brother's shadow. Then we encountered him as Wolf in KISS OF THE MOON, an outlaw who lived in the forest waiting until he could have his revenge on Tadd of Prydd, the man who cruelly took away his first love. When KISS OF THE MOON ended, Wolf took his revenge and then disappeared.
This story begins as a stranger in the forest, a man with a limp, heals Megan of Dwyrain's lame horse and tells her of the future that holds death and treachery for all those at Dwyrain. When she tells others of the man's vision, they believe it to be a curse of a sorcerer, and hold Megan responsible for what happens thereafter. Accidents and disease kill many at Dwyrain, and Megan's brother, younger sister and mother die, leaving only her and her sister, Cayley. Her ailing father decides Megan must wed and believes few will have her because they think she is cursed, so he betroths her to Sir Holt, one of his senior knights. Megan hates the man as he is ruthless and sadistic.
Meanwhile, Wolf is still living as an outlaw (by choice), focused on yet another man who will face his revenge. This time it's Sir Holt of Prydd, the knight now serving the Baron of Dwyrain and betrothed to Megan. Wolf's plan is to steal Holt's new bride, Lady Megan of Dwyrain, then ransom her. On the day of the wedding, after the ceremony is done, Wolf sneaks into the celebration disguised as a guest and abducts Megan. Really he's done her a favor as she loathes the cruel knight she was forced to marry. Once in the woods, camped with her and his men, Wolf realizes he is attracted to the girl and doesn't want to send her back, not even for ransom. And, Holt is angry as hell and looking for the outlaw.
Lisa Jackson's writing is superb, her feel for the medieval period is genuine, her plots are interesting and the characters are engaging. There were, however, a few plot developments in this one that bothered me:Wolf was smart and wise to Holt's cruelty, so he would not have sent his two men to Dwyrain as messengers claiming to come in peace expecting to be treated honorably; and at the end of KISS OF THE MOON, it seemed that Bjorn and Leah had fallen in love; now she's in a nunnery devoting herself to God. What happened?
I thought the second one in the trilogy was the best and the third not quite as good as the first two. That may be due to the heroines as Megan was not a strong as the first two, nor as interesting in the way of talents. But I definitely recommend this series and intend to read more of Jackson's medieval romances. Good historical romance authors who keep you up reading late at night, and wanting more when the story ends, are rare.
Here are Jackson's medieval romances in order within each series:
Welsh trilogy:
ENCHANTRESS
KISS OF THE MOON
OUTLAW
Dark Jewels series:
DARK RUBY
DARK EMERALD
DARK SAPPHIRE
DARK JEWELS
Medieval Romantic Suspense:
SORCERESS
TEMPTRESS
IMPOSTRESS
There's also the single novel she wrote in 2002 before the others, titled WILD AND WICKED. It's another 13th century tale.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A Sweet Romance.
By A Customer
This a wonderful story with intrigue, passion, romance, and a cast of unusual characters. Readers of mideival romances are sure to enjoy this light interesting novel.
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