Review: Beautiful, moving romance set during the horror of the French Revolution
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
I was given a free copy for an honest and fair review.Let me admit that I'm a history buff so when Renee posted on her blog that she had written a spanking romance set in the French Revolution, I was excited! The prologue, set 10 years before the revolution, drew me in- the stark unfairness between the peasant boy and the aristocrat girl. Renee wrote gorgeous drama as the peasants attacked and Corinne, the aristocrat girl now grown into a young lady, fled for her life. I cheered as Jean-Claude and Corinne made their way across France. When she decided on America, rather than England, as he'd expected, I squealed. And when he ended up accompanying her, oh my, I swooned! As the plan unfolded in New Orleans, I found myself holding my breath again and again in enjoyment and anticipation- such masterful suspense!The epilogue rounded out the "cold shower" moment that Renee had done such an unbelievable job giving the reader throughout the book. In the end, Jean-Claude's love and care of Corinne breath-takingly overcame the horror of the French Revolution and the travesty of unfairness that exists whenever an aristocrat and a peasant class exist. Beautiful, moving romance.