Review: I'll stick with her southern plantation stories.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2013
I like Jennifer Blake. I've read Bride of a Stranger, a gothic romance, and a few novels from her Louisiana Plantation collection, all of which I enjoyed.  Her attention to historical detail and her strong-willed characters have always impressed me. However, I was not impressed with Besieged Heart. It definitely was written about "no ordinary lovers," as its title suggests.It is a novella set around 1100 or 1200 AD in Britain.  Princess Mara has to make a decision. Her brother's castle is under siege by her trusted wizard's evil uncle, and she must decide whether or not to risk her wizard's life and allow him to be her champion in a duel to stop the siege.  She considers surrendering to her enemy.  However, to show Mara what kind of life she would endure if she agreed to give up the castle and marry her enemy, the wizard casts a spell which takes them both briefly into the future where she is made to lower herself and wait on a modern Louisiana woodsman (actually the wizard in disguise).I don't want to give anything else away.  I never connected with Princess Mara.  Her fumbling in the modern world made her look silly.  I cared more for the starving people under siege than I cared for her emotional state.  I liked the wizard's devotion to Mara, but the time travel was weird, being all in their minds, and love scenes were bizarre.I forced myself to finish it, and after I finish this review, I'm deleting the book.  I have paid for Blake's books before and been satisfied with my purchases, but I am glad this one was free.By the way, for those who get upset about poor editing, there are a few typos, but not enough to ruin the story. I simply didn't enjoy the story regardless. There are a lot of stories out there with knights and damsels in distress that are worth reading. This one is not, in my opinion.