By Design (2001) (edit title/settings)

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• Joan: she is a potter, selling her crafts at the market; but she searches for justice for something done in her past.
• Rhys Mason: he works with stone, he is a freemason.
• Mark: Joan's little brother.
• Isabella: Queen of England.
• Nick Tiler: he is the one from who Joan learned how to do her craft.
• Roger Mortimer: the queen's lover and seeks unlimited power. Earl of March.
• John: he is not satisfied how the country is being lead.
• George Tiler: Nick's son, he usually is drunk.
• Guy Leighton: the one that killed Joan's family.
• Addis de Valence: Lord of Barrowburgh.
• Moira de Valence: Addis's wife. A good friend of Rhys.

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• “That was how she made her little statues. Thought, and then work. Decisions, and then action.”

  Joan

• “Aye. But only a small, short kiss.”

  Joan

• “I will never force you, pretty dove. But I will not pretend that what passes between us is not there.”

  Rhys

• “Aye, you belong to yourself only, Joan, and I never forget it. I never forget anything. I never forget this. Nor do you.”

  Rhys

• “I should not let you go. I should kiss you deeply and hold you to me and carry you to my bed. I should undress your lovely body until you are naked, as you were that first night, and as you have been in my dreams. I should lay you down and make love to you, because I think it is very clear to both of us what might be.”

  Rhys

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• “And you are the wife of my heart, and the love of my life. In the ways that matter we are joined forever, and will live together until death. I pledge my life to protect you, and will always answer your call. I accept this chain with joy, because in our unity I have finally known pure freedom.”

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• “You are the husband of my heart, and the love of my life. Wherever I am, whatever I do, you are joined with me and I with you. The part of me that matters will live with you forever. I accept the chain that binds us with joy, because in this unity I have known the purest freedom.”

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• “A little image of infinity,” he said. “No beginning or end, and perfect in form, all points equally distant from the center.”

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• “Better a fool than a willing victim! Better dreams that give purpose, than resignation that deadens one's will!”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Southwark: a part of London where Joan lives.

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by By Possession, and followed by Stealing Heaven.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Madeline Hunter (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Historical › England
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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• Madeline Hunter

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