Dreams of Starduest by Lynn Kurland
I read this one awhile ago and am posting it out of order because it got lost in my messy messy desk. Trying to fit bills, papers to grade, client files, 10,000 princess pictures and books on the same desk might be a mistake. At least only books are getting misplaced. I was in the process of cleaning it all up and found this book. Might as well post it before I get on with the rest of my to do list (it is all much less fun, believe me!)
This is the story of Amanda dePiaget (daughter of Rhys and Gwen) who is very beautiful, very strong willed and very uninterested in all of the suitors that have come to compete for her hand. She is looking for someone who will love her, not just her dowery. I don't think that is too much to ask for personally.
She is in the process of running away (to avoid just such an unpleasent marriage) when she disovers an unconscious man in the middle of a field. At the same time her escape is foiled by her brothers. They take the man back to Artane to figure out who he is. He ends up in the dungeon (so untrusting these medievil guardsmen) and is subsequently rescued again by Amanda.
The mystery man is none other than Jake Kilchurn who had inadvertantly traveled back in time after an unusual encounter with ghosts. He obviously falls in love with Amanda (and she with him) but they are totally unsuited for eachother. She is the daughter of an important Lord and he is a merchant (gasp! how dreadful!) and not even a knight or anything.
Luckily he finds himself trained up by the dePiaget boys, Amanda's brothers. All he needs is money to buy himself some land and maybe a title. But all of his money is in the future - what is he to do? I am not telling, sorry, but you have to read the book. It is really very good!
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