For all the historical richness of the story, the romantic aspect is never lost, and the poignancy of the characters' seemingly untenable love is truly touching. Hunter makes 14th-century England come aliveDfrom the details of its sights, sounds and smells to the political context of this rebellious and dangerous time, when alliances and treason went hand in hand. Yet, if Addis regains his position, Moira would have to live in the shadows, as her mother did, and she finds this unacceptable. But Addis knows he cannot live without Moira and that he is only at peace with her in his life. Caught up in his struggle is Moira Falkner, a young, serf-born woman who knows that loving the scarred Addis will lead to nothing but misery. Brimming with intelligent writing, historical detail and passionate, complex protagonists, this novel follows Addis de Valence, a Crusading knight who returns, seemingly from the dead, to reclaim the heritage he had lost to a scheming half-brother and the whims of a greedy king. With the release of this new volume, she cements her position as one of the brightest new writers in the genre.

She currently lives in Pennsylvania.Earlier this year, Hunter excited romance readers with the release of her first novel, the medieval By Arrangement. Madeline Hunter speaks at writers' conferences and events on craft and industry, is a Ph.D. Romantic Times has awarded four and a half star reviews to fifteen of her books. Madeline Hunters exciting new trilogy that started with the stunning first novel By Arrangement, continues in September with By Possession. She has also appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List and the Waldenbooks Paperback Fiction Bestseller List. Fifteen of her books have appeared on the USA Today bestseller list. She has been nominated four times and has twice won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award, first in the long historical category for Stealing Heaven in 2003 and then in the historical category for Lessons of Desire in 2008. This happened again in 2003 with The Charmer. In 2000 she also received a rare starred review from Publishers Weekly for her book By Possession.

Madeline Hunter's first book By Arrangement was published in 2000 and she received the award for Waldenbooks Bestselling Debut Author that year. Madeline Hunter is an American author of romance novels.

The Protector by Madeline Hunter