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The Blacksmith: A Medieval Romance (Order of the Broken Blade Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Cecelia Mecca (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.3 1,570 ratings

Book 1 of 5: Order of the Broken Blade

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Love was never part of the mission.

Lance Wayland has a secret purpose for becoming Stanton Castle’s new blacksmith. He and his three closest friends are the founding members of the Order of the Broken Blade, formed to blunt the power of King John, whose outrageous taxes and unjust laws have taken a toll on their country.

To succeed, they need money and men, both of which they can get from the Earl of Stanton. Lance’s mission can only be waylaid by one thing—his interest in the earl’s lovely daughter.

Lady Idalia knows better than to think she’ll be allowed to marry a smith.

Yet Lance Wayland is the most compelling man she’s ever met—a welcome diversion from the stresses of running Stanton Castle and her mother’s illness. She knows the entanglement can go nowhere, their connection grows stronger each time they're together.

Fate seems determined to keep them apart.

But Lance and Idalia are drawn together like moths to a flame. Can Lance pursue the woman he loves without betraying the order to which he’s pledged his troth?

WARNING: Lance Wayland is a dreamier than usual historical hero who may steal your heart. If you have a weakness for sexy blacksmiths, proceed with caution.

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★★★★★ "The Blacksmith has it all. Swoon-worthy and broody hero, a forbidden "wrong side of the tracks" romance, political intrigue. Just WOW! One for the ages."

★★★★★ "Historical romance in a medieval setting complete with a castles and knights, a plot against the king and extra-steamy love scenes? Yes please."

★★★★★ "I can't begin to say how much I loved this book!"

★★★★★ "This is one of those books that I hugged to my chest and let out a deep sigh at the end."

★★★★★ "The Blacksmith grabbed you right from the beginning to end. This new series is off to a great start!"
★★★★★ "This book has such great depth, suspense, romance and of course steamy passion."

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07V7HVND4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Altiora Press (July 23, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 23, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4193 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 226 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #75,895 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #177 in Ancient World Historical Romance (Kindle Store)
- #189 in Ancient World Historical Romance (Books)
- #331 in Romance Literary Fiction

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Cecelia Mecca is the bestselling author of steamy historical romance and also writes contemporary romance as Bella Michaels. Armed with a Ph.D. and lots of chai, she spends her days weaving tales which whisk readers to another time and place.

With over twenty-five published historical romance novels which take readers to an admittedly romanticized time of knights and castles and to small towns in her contemporary and paranormal series, Cecelia is always thinking up new ways to tame both medieval and contemporary and bad boys.

Our Highlander-loving author, who is firmly House Stark and Gryffindor, can be found in Northeast, Pennsylvania with her husband and two tweens.

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BROTHERHOOD OF THE BORDER

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Kissed by the Knight

A Noble Betrayal

A Clan of Her Own

Son of a Rogue

BORDER SERIES

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The Ward's Bride

The Thief's Countess

The Lord's Captive

The Chief's Maiden

The Scot's Secret

The Earl's Entanglement

The Warrior's Queen

The Protector's Promise

The Rogue's Redemption

The Guardian's Protector

The Knight's Reward

ORDER OF THE BROKEN BLADE

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The Blacksmith

The Mercenary

The Scot

The Earl

The Chief

KINGDOMS OF MERIA

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The King's Commander

My Highland Bride

Taken by the Elderman

Her Voyager King

TIME TRAVEL

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Falling for the Knight

Sexy Scot

Scandalous Scot

BOYS OF BRIDGEWATER

Bella Michaels

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Overruled by Love

Last Call

Billion Dollar Date

My Foolish Heart

BLOODWITE

C.L. Mecca

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The Healer's Curse

The Vampire's Temptation

The Immortal's Salvation

The Hunter's Affection

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She Who Shall Remain Nameless

Wow! This was REALLY good!

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2019

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This was the first book that I have read by this author, but I can assure you that it will not be the last. I usually am more of a regency romance reader but have been branching out a bit lately. I’m so glad that I stumbled across this book! Lance was positively dreamy! I SO love a hero who is a working man. Yum! The heroine was lovely as well. So many heroines these days are written in a way that is anachronistic to the time period. This one was not. She was strong but still kind and gentle. The romance was breathtaking. Such a good book! I cannot wait for the next one in the series!

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Lady Moon aka Luna Moon

Border War

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2021

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This is a new aUthor for me. This prequel sets the scene for what appears as a very good series. I found it to be well written, engrossing, and a thrilling fast read. So let's meet the characters.

Sir John Maxwell, Scottish warden of the Eastern March, Cora's father who wants peace at the border and has been working towards that end for years.

Lord Kenshire, second earl of Kenshire, the English equivalent of Sir Maxwell. He wants peace also for generations to come. His son Richard, who is also a knight, has a minor roll in the story but counts Adam as a brother.

Sir Adam Dayne, who lost his parents at the age of eight (I believe), he was raised by Lord Kenshire. He is now a knight under Lord Kenshire, and is like a second son to him.

Lady Cora Maxwell, Scottish through and through, she is leary of marriage, English, and does not see peace happening. She is strong, stubborn, and good with a longbow.

On the Day of Truce, when the "border inhabitants" come together to start peace. Richard is attacked by a Scottish man but is foiled by another. When Lord Kenshire and The Maxwell confer they come up with a peaceful solution of a marriage. Since Lord Richard is already engaged, it is Sir Adam that gets the marriage.

As Cora is out up as the sacrificial bride for peace, she tried to get her father to back out of it. As he does not want that spEcies has to figure out a way to get out on her own.

Now as Cora tries to implement plan after plan to get out of the marriage she never counts on a wedding the morning after arriving. When a stroke of luck gives her an invite of a plausible plan, STALL. So she does in a most unconventional way for a female.

Adam does all he can to ease Cora into the marriage and living in England. When he sees her shot her longbow he comes up with a contest after being put off for weeks by a skidish bride.

To read this beguiling, delightful story will be an give you an escapade of fun, witty banter and a HEA that will surprise and delight you.

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Pam Coney

Good.

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2023

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This is a story I have enjoyed so much. The characters were great. I liked the storyline, and I just think many other people will enjoy it as well.

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2023

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This is a great start to the series. Based on the actual uprising of Barons against King John, Lance is part of a group of men seeking support for the uprising. He meets Idalia when he goes to seek assistance from Lord Stanton. The book gives a good foundation for the events and characters.

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2019

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First of new series "Order of the Broken Blade" by a Cecelia Mecca. Four friends come together and agree that something needs to be done about King John's high taxes of his Lords who are struggling to care for their people and land. But in order to go against the King they need the support of some powerful Lords. First up is Lance who has the trade of Blacksmith. He arrives at Lord Stanton's Castle to replace the Blacksmith whom passed away. Lance plans to gather as much information as he can on Lord Stantons leanings towards the King before approaching him with the orders plan, but he did not count on a beautiful distraction in the form of the Earls daughter Idalia. Idalia is helping.run the castle in her sick mothers steed, but when She sees that Lance is having issues being accepted by the people of Stanton she steps in to assist Lance with being.accepted. But as they spend more time together they find they cannot avoid the attraction they have for one another even though they both know that a relationship of a Lady and Blacksmith can never be.
This was a very good read and the author does not dissappoint.
I received this book for an hour way review.

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Crystal L.Butler

Good story

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023

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Lance who was a blacksmith was knighted and brought into the brotherhood against the king. He was sent to Stanton castle to see if the earl would agree to side with them.

Idalia the daughter of the Earl of Stanton falls in love with Lance but they fall out when she learns why he is truly there.

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2021

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I really enjoyed this historical romance. It has a very good storyline and the characters are well introduced and developed. No one ever suspected Lance, the new blacksmith of Stanton Castle, of being a knight and a member of the Order of the Broken Blade, though at the time of this story the only ones who know are the members of it, who know they need to do something about King John, who is oppressing the people too much with constant increases in the taxes. The Order of the Broken Blade in this one is trying to get supporters. Lance, is to try to find out how Stanton feels. Definitely a dangerous situation made more so when he falls for the daughter! Will they be allowed to wed, because of love, even though they are not equals station wise? Will Lance gain the support he is looking for?

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LMS

Sweet romance, believable interactions, interesting plot

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2020

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Idalia and Lance take step after step beyond their usual boundaries. Each is drawn by attraction, curiosity and growing caring for the other. We see each, back and forth, from within and from the other's perspective, as well as from the author's perspective. Their natural, believable conversations further reveal them to each other, themselves and us. The people around them at the castle--her parents, sister, maids, elderly seneschal, priest, doctors and smith's apprentices--are interesting and fresh characters. Lance's three friends and their conversations with him are believable and revealing. They question, tease, push and educate him in surprisingly insightful ways about Idalia.
Their world is as well-drawn as the characters, the the plot is obviously the beginning of much more.

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Buba

The Blacksmith, romance medieval que surpreendeu

Reviewed in Brazil on May 4, 2020

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The Blacksmith foi meu primeiro contato coma autora Cecelia Mecca. Este foi uma obra que me conquistou desde a primeira página: ação e romance num texto que prende a atenção e proporciona ótimas horas de diversão.
Eu adorei o desenvolvimento da história: o complô de uma Ordem Medieval de cavaleiros que trabalha para buscar apoio de nobres inglesas para conter os abusos do rei déspota.
A história é caprichada nos detalhes medievais, a atmosfera criada pela autora convence, os personagens são sensacionais, a trama flui sem tropeçar e sem drama desnecessário ou conflitos com o único objetivo de criar atrito entre os protagonistas.
Excelente pedida para quem é fã de romances históricos ou para quem procura um tema diferente dos romances da época da Regência.
Recomendo, com certeza.

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Tibbins

Treason And Romance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2021

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Lance Wayland is a master blacksmith. He is also a man with no real family, but has 3 long time friends he loves as brothers despite the fact they all have completely different backgrounds - 2 being born of noble families and one a mercenary who sells his sword in battle. An event when they were young keeps them close. Now they embark on a course that only the closest of friends would dare - they form the Order Of The Broken Blade, sworn to reign in King John from his ever growing demands of his people. To succeed they need to gain the support of powerful men and so each is tasked with enlisting the aid of others. The more that learn of their aims the more danger the four will be in, they are, after all committing treason.
Lance is tasked with enrolling the support of the Earl of Stanton, and he arrives at the keep to take the role of blacksmith so he can try to determine whether the Earl is a supporter of the king, or a possible convert to the orders aims. He did not expect to have such a strong attraction for Idalia, the earls daughter, which makes his mission so much more difficult.
This is a fabulous first book in the series and gives us a glimpse of the main characters of the future books as well as laying the building blocks for what promises to be an emotional story of danger, daring, excitement and romance.
As with the Border series, Cecelia Mecca transports us into a medieval period of unrest and I am expecting this series to be just as entertaining.

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Martina S

Automatic buy with this author.

Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2020

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I love this author. I have every book she has written, her stories are smart with characters I wish were real, and I love how she weaves true historical events into her books but doesn't get bogged down.

Bookosaurus

Enchanting!

Reviewed in India on September 24, 2019

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Cecelia Mecca brings life to medieval period and this story is no exception. A well written story which engulfed me from the very beginning. I would agree that this story had less twists and was almost predictable, but the way she wrote it makes it no less engaging!

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To have follow up books continue without great delays.

Reviewed in Australia on November 13, 2019

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Enjoyed the book very much. Second book The Mercenary wasn't as good, but still enjoyable. Looking forward to third book, The Earl.

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