The Elinor’s Stronghold Medieval Ménage
by
Berengaria Brown
Lady Elinor's father and two brothers
are killed in battle, and Lord Rhys loses his demesne. To protect her people
Elinor decides she will marry Lord Rhys, but only if he agrees the Captain of
the Guard, Hammond, will share their bed and the decision making from now on.
They agree and seal their contract in blood. Rhys and his people move into the
stronghold.
After the wedding they begin to plan
for how to survive the attack that will inevitably come. The stronghold is a
wealthy one, and many will consider it an easy target with its lord and his
sons dead. They also have to blend the two households together and prepare for the
coming winter. At night Hammond and Rhys work hard in bed, learning to share
Elinor, finding out what pleases her best, and arousing each other to new
heights along the way.
Hated and incompetent Lord Jeffrey wants to
marry Rhyannon, and her bad-tempered cousin, Coll, wants to steal her jewels.
She needs a good protector.
Alistair has loved her faithfully for
years, but he has no assets and can’t support them both. Lord Devon is a
suitable husband, but does he even like Rhyannon? It’s a big challenge, but
maybe together Alistair and Lord Devon can protect her and her jewels from Lord
Jeffrey and Cousin Coll.
Meanwhile, winter is settling on the
stronghold and Lord Jeffrey is attacking the people once again. And Cousin Coll
is determined to get her jewels any way he can. Surviving the winter is hard
enough to do without all these other things happening as well. Everyone in the
stronghold is living on a knife edge. Alistair and Lord Devon focus on
Rhyannon. They’ll love her and protect her—and each other as well.
Tragically widowed, Garnet is loved by
two men. If a noble lady can have two men, why can’t a mere sewing woman?
Garnet decides she’ll marry them both! Then she adopts two orphaned, starving
little girls.
Garnet, Byram, and Carlysle are sent
to repair the demesne. Can they achieve this huge task before the harvest is
gathered in? First a high stone wall needs to be built to protect them from
attackers. The buildings must be cleaned and repaired, the crops sown, weeded,
cared for, and hopefully reaped. Is it possible to complete such a huge
undertaking before the next vicious winter arrives? Will the peasants help
them?
Meanwhile Lady Elinor gives birth to
the heir of the stronghold, and Lord Rhys and Lady Rhyannon, with Alistair and
Lord Devon, go to court to sort out her inheritance.
And what about Garnet’s threesome
relationship? Will that be successful?
A year ago, Paul took his sister Claire
away to escape Lord Jeffrey’s attacks on the hamlets. Mitchell and Claire were
in love, but Mitchell hadn’t asked her to marry him before she left. Now he
aches for her, and goes in search of her to bring her back to his home as his
bride. But no one has seen or heard of her, and the hamlet where she was to go
is empty.
Finally Mitchell meets Ivan, who takes him
into the forest where Claire and Paul, and Ivan himself, have been living for
the past year. But Ivan loves Claire, too, and Claire owes him her life.
Mitchell suggests he and Ivan share Claire. Can this possibly work—two men with
no tie to each other and the one woman they both love? And can they survive a
dangerous journey home?
