Knight of My Dreams

Originally appeared in the print anthology A Mothers Way, under the title Mother May I?From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lynsay Sands comes a classic short story of a knight in need of a bride Lady Alice knows she is not the type to entice a man. Shes too voluptuous, too intelligent, too strong minded. Why, she even reads! But then Jonathan, Earl of Fairley, arrives at court. Tall, dark and handsome, the knight is any womans dream. And he has just been ordered by the king to find a bride and Alice is to help him!Jonathan has been evading his mothers matchmaking schemes for years, so why does she insist that Lady Alice isnt for him? Alice is only to aid in his search for a bride, yet Jonathan cant help but be distracted by her glorious hairthe color of a sunsetand a figure that is like a lush berry about to burst to full ripeness Has Jonathan fallen prey to love?