Publisher: Carina
Press
Date
published: July 1st, 2013
ISBN: 978-14268-9577-7
Historical
Paranormal Romance
E-book
Reviewed by Helen
Obtained via
publisher
The seventh
son, Lord Alex Stelton is well aware only his sword will provide for his
future. He promises King Edward he will control the harsh triangle of land
where Scotland, England and Wales meet, in return for a fine castle and land.
Lady Lisbeth
Reynolds’ parents were killed, perhaps murdered, in all the troubles. Lisbeth
is tortured by visions of coming trials to those she cares most about and
determines to hide away from everyone she loves to protect them.
But the king
has other plans and Alex and Lisbeth are caught up in his machinations as well
as their own agendas.
It’s the
year 1290 and relationships between England, Scotland and Wales were as
unsettled as ever, partly due to the lack of a king on Scotland’s throne. The
author makes good use of this history as the background for her novel. In such
a full-length historical novel (71k) it is inevitable there’d be a lot of
characters, but I did find myself distracted from the story at times trying to
keep them all straight in my head.
I was also
distracted by items which may not precisely be historical inaccuracies, but that
didn’t strike me as quite right. I found I was busy trying to believe that
there was a library in a very ordinary border castle back then, when all books
were hand written, usually by monks, and even the wealthiest families seldom
had more than a bible, a prayer book, and maybe two or three other books,
instead of concentrating on the story.
And that was
without misused words such as smirk. In this story everyone smirks. Look it up,
people. A smirk is a cruel, nasty smile, not something a hero should ever do to
his heroine, his friends, or even his brothers.
I liked all
the main characters and enjoyed their stories. I liked the action, the
adventure, and the setting. There are a couple of excellent
scary/adventure/fight scenes. But I never really got invested in the book.
This is an objective review and not an
endorsement of this book.
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