Review: 4.5 Stars-Sparkling Historical Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
What a delightfully well-written historical read!Young widow, Laurel, is a courageous woman, determined to do whatever is necessary to protect her son, and ensure he receives his birthright.Adron is the boy’s guardian, and in the beginning of this engaging story, he’s a complete blackguard with misconceptions about Laurel. Truthfully, I wanted to slap him upside the head more than once. He, too, wants what’s best for his ward, but Adron’s treatment of Laurel, is despicable. Did I say I wanted to clobber him?Yet, it’s precisely his unbecoming behavior that adds such delicious tension and conflict to the story.  That and the oh, so nasty cousin. I hated her, which shows Ms. Woodson skill in developing such an unsavory character.Both Adron and Laurel have pasts that haunt them, and those phantoms serve as powerful forces to try to keep the lovers apart. The journey is not easy for the hero and heroine—at times gut-wrenchingly painful—but in the end, they get their hard won happily ever after.I look forward to reading more work from this talented author!