{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Jamie Montgomery, an impoverished Elizabethan knight, is elated when he is assigned to escort Axia, the Lancaster heiress, to the castle of her betrothed. If only she will fall in love with Jamie \u2014 as Jamie\u2019s devoted older sister predicts \u2014 the family\u2019s financial woes will be solved. But Axia, who has spent her life closely guarded by her father\u2019s servants, is not the shy, cossetted flower Jamie expects. She\u2019s a hoyden, hell-bent on enjoying her precious moments of liberty before her marriage to a man chosen by her remote, eccentric father. After curtly informing Jamie not to bother declaring his love for her \u2014 as all poor, handsome men seem wont to do \u2014 Axia makes his life a misery, sneaking off to the marketplace, nearly breaking her neck on a runaway horse, and doing everything possible to delay the trip. Though she dare not admit it, even to herself, Axia dreads being wed to a stranger. Suddenly Jamie realizes that he savors even her most barbed words life the rarest nectar\u2026that he is falling desperately in love with this bold, maddening beauty. Now he must contrive a daring plan to win her freedom \u2014 and win her proud, defiant heart for his own!\r\n\r\nMontgomery/Taggert (in chronological order):\r\nThe Black Lyon (Montgomery/Taggert, #1)\r\nThe Maiden (Montgomery/Taggert, #2)\r\nThe Velvet Promise (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #1) (Montgomery/Taggert, #3)\r\nHighland Velvet (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #2) (Montgomery/Taggert, #4)\r\nVelvet Song (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #3) (Montgomery/Taggert, #5)\r\nVelvet Angel (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #4) (Montgomery/Taggert, #6)\r\nThe Velvet Quartet Velvet (Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #1-4)\r\nThe Heiress (Montgomery/Taggert, #7)\r\nThe Raider (Montgomery/Taggert, #8)\r\nMountain Laurel (Montgomery/Taggert, #9)\r\nEternity (Montgomery/Taggert, #10)\r\nThe Duchess (Montgomery/Taggert, #11)\r\nTwin of Ice (Chandler Twins, #1) (Montgomery/Taggert, #12)\r\nTwin of Fire (Chandler Twins, #2) (Montgomery/Taggert, #13)\r\nThe Temptress (Montgomery/Taggert, #14)\r\nWishes (Montgomery/Taggert, #15)\r\nThe Awakening (Montgomery/Taggert, #16)\r\nThe Invitation (Montgomery/Taggert, #17)\r\nThe Princess (Montgomery/Taggert, #18)\r\nA Knight in Shining Armor (Montgomery/Taggert Family, #19)\r\nSweet Liar (Montgomery/Taggert, #20)\r\nJust Curious (Montgomery/Taggert, #21)\r\nHigh Tide (Montgomery/Taggert, #22)\r\nHolly (Montgomery/Taggert, #23)\r\nSomeone to Love (Montgomery/Taggert, #24)\r\nForever... (Forever, #1) (Montgomery/Taggert, #25)\r\nForever and Always (Forever, #2) (Montgomery/Taggert, #26)\r\nAlways (Montgomery/Taggert, #27)\r\nA gift of Love (includes Montgomery/Taggert, #27)\r\nTrue Love (Nantucket Brides, #1)(Montgomery/Taggert, #28)\r\nFor All Time (Nantucket Brides, #2)(Montgomery/Taggert, #29)\r\nEver After (Nantucket Brides, #3)(Montgomery/Taggert, #30)\r\nMet Her Match(Montgomery/Taggert, #31)\r\nSimple Gifts: Just Curious / Miracles / Change of Heart / Double Exposure (Montgomery/Taggert)"}, "title": "The Heiress", "covers": [408198], "subject_places": ["Great Britain", "England"], "subjects": ["Fiction", "Historical Romance", "Man-woman relationships", "Knight", "Montgomery / Taggart series", "Series:Montgomery/Taggert"], "key": "/works/OL810217W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL68291A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "subject_times": ["Elizabethan", "European Renaissance (1300-1700)"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subject_people": ["Jamie Montgomery", "Axia"], "latest_revision": 14, "revision": 14, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-09T04:37:41.572304"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2023-04-24T03:17:50.912862"}}