Adrian replies harshly and then departs, and Meriel never realizes he was angry with himself for desiring a nun. She admires Adrian’s fighting and tells him so afterward. Six years later, Meriel de Vere, a young novice at a nunnery, witnesses a vicious ambush of Adrian and his men. Though Adrian had hoped to serve God in peace and light, he must now face not only the violent outside world, but the darkness within himself. While he looks like a silver-haired angel, Adrian has a dark side. It’s a doubly dark moment because Adrian entered the abbey at the advice of his mother, who feared his resemblance to her vicious father. Adrian’s destiny is forever altered when he vows to avenge his loved ones. Fifteen year old Adrian de Lancey, a nobleman’s youngest son, is preparing to take a monk’s vows when he learns his family has been massacred. Putney’s only medieval begins under the omen of an eclipse of the moon whose light is devoured by shadow on the night of a Christmas tragedy. Uncommon Vows is my favorite among Mary Jo Putney’s books, more romantic to me than even the wonderful Shattered Rainbows.
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