Review: Border Romance and Family Conflict
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2012
In a Northumberland market place in the year 1543, Harry Wharton, spy to King Henry travelling to Scotland first lays eyes on a beautiful, flirtatious girl named Alina Carnaby. Harry would like to linger but his mission presses, yet moments later he is presented with another opportunity to get to know the lovely girl who has enchanted him - by the fact she is about to be gored by a runaway bull.Harry steps up to the mark and rescues the lady, but discovers she is not only  betrothed, but her father happens to despise anyone by the name of Scott, the name Harry gives to hide his true identity.As an admirer of Jen Black's novels, I recommend this romantic story set in a time when women were possessions, obedience was taken for granted and their lives subject to the will of a patriarch. Ms Black writes with a succinct and yet colourful style and portrays descriptions and emotions beautifully.  Alina, Matho and Harry are engaging, well rounded  characters  and I'm happy to say Fair Border Bride isn't the end of their story as there is more to come from this author.