Yet Adrian knows his wedded bliss is a fragile thing that could be destroyed when Meriel's memory returns-as, of course, it does.
Having forgotten her aversion to Adrian, she promptly falls in love and marries him.
She survives the fall, but is afflicted with amnesia. Title: Uncommon vows Author: Mary Jo Putney Publisher: New York : Penguin Group, 1991. Meriel would rather die than marry Adrian, and hurls herself out of a window. : Uncommon Vows (9780451402448) by Putney, Mary Jo and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great. Adrian is attracted to the beautiful, spirited Meriel, so he locks her into a chamber in his castle and tries to coerce her into becoming his mistress when this fails, he proposes marriage. Twelfth-century England is troubled by political unrest, and Meriel de Vere, not knowing if her family and the Earl of Shropshire are friends or enemies, conceals her identity when she is mistaken for a poacher by the hunting party of the earl, Adrian of Warfield. The effect is as uninspired as the work's inclusion of the hoary, ugly stereotype of a Jewish moneylender. Other Historicals THE RAKE THE BARGAIN DEARLY BELOVED UNCOMMON VOWS Regencies THE DIABOLICAL BARON LADY OF FORTUNE CAROUSEL OF HEARTS. This disappointing historical romance serves up a plot hinging on amnesia-a hopelessly overworked gimmick-and a distressing scenario of abuse that even Putney's ( Dearly Beloved ) substantial doses of Christian piety cannot disguise.
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