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    Lady Marian of Gisborne: The Gisbornes of Nottingham, #1
    Lady Marian of Gisborne: The Gisbornes of Nottingham, #1
    Lady Marian of Gisborne: The Gisbornes of Nottingham, #1
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    Lady Marian of Gisborne: The Gisbornes of Nottingham, #1

    By Ani Bolton

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    Lady Marian, called Fair Maid Marian by the folk of Nottinghamshire, always thought she was destined for marriage to Robin of Loxley, now an outlaw called Robin Hood. Instead, Marian is married to Robin’s most implacable enemy, Sir Guy of Gisborne. Marian vows that Sir Guy may have her body, but he will never have her love. That is for always and ever reserved for Robin.

    Sir Guy of Gisborne has learned to survive a brutal world by becoming a sword-for-hire to the Sheriff of Nottingham. He is rewarded with marriage to the most eligible woman in the shire. To his surprise, Sir Guy finds himself captivated by his wife’s beauty and spirit, with a passion that matches his own. But Marian makes it clear her heart belongs to another, and that he must never forget.

    Soon Marian is forced make a terrible choice: the outlaw who rules her heart, or the husband who rules her desires.

    Lady Marian of Gisborne is a sexy spin on the legend of Robin Hood. It’s irreverent and intended for adult audiences.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAni Bolton
    Release dateFeb 28, 2015
    ISBN9781507027325
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      What a different take on Robin Hood. I am already looking for book 2.

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    Lady Marian of Gisborne - Ani Bolton

    LADY MARIAN OF GISBORNE

    THE GISBORNES OF NOTTINGHAM

    BOOK 1

    By Ani Bolton

    Copyright © 2014 by Ani Bolton

    All Rights Reserved

    ISBN: 9781507027325

    This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locals or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

    Cover art © Libbie Grant

    Licensed material is being used for illustrative purposes only and any person depicted in the licensed material is a model.

    Copy editing: A Better Look Editing Services

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the written permission of the author, and where permitted by law. Reviewers are welcomed to quote brief passages in a review.

    Author’s Note

    The Gisbornes of Nottingham series began life as fanfiction, inspired by the BBC television series Robin Hood.* Although the Robin in this series was suitably swaggering and heroic, inexplicably I was drawn to his enemy, Sir Guy of Gisborne, a role inhabited by the actor Richard Armitage. Though the legend of Robin Hood and Maid Marian is canon, the chemistry between Armitage and Lucy Griffiths, the actress playing Maid Marian, was off the charts. I began rooting for the wrong couple. From there it was only natural that I would retell the story to suit my own taste.

    It is not necessary to have watched Robin Hood to enjoy The Gisbornes of Nottingham, however.** One need only have a basic understanding of the folktale of Robin Hood, and be willing to wonder what would happen if feisty Maid Marian needed to tame the brooding Sir Guy of Gisborne…

    *And, uh, maybe a couple other fandoms.

    **The Shire of Darkshire was wholly made up by Elizabeth Gaskell; I use it here with impunity.

    CHAPTER ONE

    Numb. Lady Marian of Knighton was numb to the core of her being despite the flames being thrown by the torches along the wall of Nottingham cathedral, despite the ermine-trimmed velvet gown she wore, which hid her sensible riding boots.

    The archbishop of Nottingham had pronounced her body and all her possessions to be chattel—in short, a wife—to a man she abhorred above all else. With a few words, she’d become Lady Marian of Gisborne. And Robin hadn’t lifted a finger to stop it, despite his fierce words of love for her, despite his raging hatred for Sir Guy of Gisborne. Now she was the wife of Robin Hood’s most implacable enemy.

    A feeling of helpless rage against all men, even her idealistic father, rose in her. As a gently-born woman, she’d been raised with the expectation that she’d marry to secure wealth or make an advantageous alliance for her family’s sake. And that meant marrying Robin of Loxley. Loxley lands marched next to the Knightons’. The Loxley and Knighton families were both respected loyalists to King Richard. Marian had grown up with Robin, and as children they had roamed the forests of Nottingham together. Loving Robin was familiar, and safe.

    But the political upheavals of the last few years had changed everything. King Richard had decided to fight in the Holy Land, taking vassals loyal to him, including Robin, leaving his kingdom under the thrall of his venal brother Prince John. Greed and lawlessness had followed. Upon Robin’s return, he’d been branded an outlaw by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham, and his lands given to the Sheriff’s brutal henchman, Sir Guy of Gisborne.

    A world turned upside down, it seemed. A precarious situation for those of noble blood had become unending misery for the serfs and the lower orders. People did what they had to do to survive. Including marrying their daughters to rogues.

    Marian?

    She lifted her eyes to

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