title: Audrey: A Book of Love
author:  Beate Sigriddaughter 
description: <span>Beate Sigriddaughter's</span><span><span></span></span><span>writing is fearless and lovely all at once. Her new novel,<span></span><i>AUDREY: A BOOK OF<span></span></i>LOVE, examines our most precious, (and often all too fleeting), emotion in an honest, lyrical, and forthright way.Sigriddaughter's language is musical, her characters spring from the page fully formed. We want to know them. We want to embrace and protect them in their vulnerability and honesty.</span><br /> <span></span><br /> <span>--Joani Reese, Editor,<span></span><i>MadHat Lit</i><span></span>and author of three books, including the new collection<span></span><i>Night Chorus</i></span><br /><br /><span>What is love ? Beate Sigriddaughter explores this timeless question with a confident, wise, and poetic hand in her intimate story of Andrea, a young woman riven by her simultaneous passion for two lovers of opposite genders--and a steadfast commitment to her own personal power and freedom. Compelled to trust in love's profound truths, follow her hungry heart, and embrace life fully, Andrea must navigate strong, perilous rapids. </span><br /> <span></span><br /> <span>--Richard Mahler, author of <i>Stillness: Daily Gifts of Solitude </i>and <i>The Jaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat</i>, among other books</span><br /><br /><i>Audrey: A Book of Love<span></span><em><span>is a</span></em></i><em><span><i></i></span>story of tender and long-suffering love confused with rage and powerlessness, youth and healing, loss of craft, broken promises to oneself, and endless misunderstandings. It's also a<span></span>compelling and masterfully written tale<span> </span>of the<span></span>equally destructive powers of jealously and alcohol, and the restorative power of love and forgiveness, especially for oneself.<br /> <br /> <span>--Susan Clay, Librarian, University of Georgia, Athens, GA</span><br /><br /><i><span>Audrey</span></i><span><span></span></span><span>is a bold and compelling novel. Sigriddaughter gives us insight into the world of a woman who loves both a man and a woman, while she strives to be true to herself and her art.<span></span></span><br /> <span><span></span></span><br /> <span>--<span><span>Elise Stuart, Poet Laureate, Silver City, New Mexico</span></span></span><br /> <span><span></span></span><br /><br /><i><span>Audrey: A Book of Love</span></i><span>is an important look at intricate facets of love as it surprises, delights, challenges, sometimes defeats, and always honors our lives.</span><br /> <span></span><br /> <span>--<span>Alex Marcoux, award winning novelist and New Thought author</span></span><br /> <span></span>
  						    	
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zlib_text: > > NO LORD DESIRED
  
  > > A HISTORICAL REGENCY ROMANCE
  
  > AUDREY ASHWOOD
  
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  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _About this Novel_
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter 6_
  
  >  _Chapter 7_
  
  >  _Chapter 8_
  
  >  _Chapter 9_
  
  >  _Chapter 10_
  
  >  _Chapter 11_
  
  >  _Chapter 12_
  
  >  _Chapter 13_
  
  >  _Chapter 14_
  
  >  _Chapter 15_
  
  >  _Chapter 16_
  
  >  _Chapter 17_
  
  >  _Chapter 18_
  
  >  _Chapter 19_
  
  >  _Chapter 20_
  
  >  _Epilogue_
  
  >  _Sneak Peek: An Unkissed Lady_
  
  >  _Books in the Same Series_
  
  >  _Also by Audrey Ashwood_
  
  >  _The Author_
  
   _No Lord Desired_ Copyright © 2020 Audrey Ashwood
  
  This work is protected by copyright.
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in
  any form or by any means without written permission from the author. The
  characters, places, and events portrayed in this book are completely
  fictitious and are in no way meant to represent real people or places.
  
  Print ISBN: 109143668