A Knight Well Spent
Author: Jackie ivie
Contributed to Make A Scene Magazine by Teresa Ascone
March 24, 2010
Jackie Ivie, author of A Knight Well Spent, is one of the Mat-Su’s greatest success stories. Also the author of Heat of the Knight, The Knight Before Christmas, Tender is the Knight, and Lady of the Knight, Ivie has deftly tapped into one of the most popular genres in books today: the historical romance novel. As in any successful genre tried and true formulas apply, and Ivie is an expert in giving her readership what they want: love, passion (in generous helpings), and conflict among beautiful people in a legendary era of warriors, saucy wenches, horses, and castles.
A Knight Well Spent may be firmly categorized into the romance genre, but it is no mediocre bodice-ripper.  The main characters, Rhoenne, the Lion of Ramhurst, well-muscled laird of the manor, and Aislynn, a petite, lovely healer called the Lady of the Brook, quickly engage the reader with plenty of plot-establishing dialogue and titillating action.
Ivie writes believable regional accents and period patois, which transport the reader to Scotland in the year 1141. Engaging descriptive passages establish the scenes while interest is kept at a high pitch as the supporting players are clearly introduced and woven into the story.  The tale is well paced; overpowering attractions are deliciously resisted as rivalries heat up and loyalties challenged. All the elements that make a good love story are adeptly woven together.
Danger and betrayal abound as Rhoenne and Aislynn rush headlong to their destiny, expressing their hot passion as romance fans have come to expect and appreciate. This is the novel you buy in the airport bookstore, knowing that Ivie will use her considerable skills to lead you through a thrilling—and comfortably familiar--adventure.