Review: A Lot of Passion and Character Growth
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 3, 2013
Besieged Heart by Jennifer Blake is a short story/novella originally published in 1994. This book has now been reissued in digital format by Steel Magnolia Press. The book is available as a stand alone or as part of a boxed set " No Ordinary Lovers". (http://www.smarturl.it/smp)Princess Mara finds herself in a no win situation. Baron Ewloe is closing in on the castle and if he takes over, Mara will be forced to wed him. Her advisor, a wizard whose face Mara has never seen recommends she choose someone to champion her, but she declined. He offers himself, but Mara fears the outcome. Running away becomes a tempting way to avoid her fate. When the wizard wraps his arms around her, she finds herself 800 years in the future. When she awakens a man named Rayne is at her side. How did she get here and who is this man that takes her to his home?A battle of wills ensures between Mara and Rayne. Rayne couldn't care less that Mara claims to be a princess and is above menial task such as cooking her own meals. He seems hard and mean, but wouldn't this be what life would be like if she didn't fight against the Baron?For such a short story, there is great passion and romance, a good deal of character growth, and wrongs that need righted. Mara will learn to take charge of her fate as much as she is able, and learns to be brave resolve her problems by facing them and using her brains to outsmart her enemies.Overall this is one gets a B+