Review: Normally not a fan of Historical Romance...but
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2013
This is a really well written and engaging book. It must have been free when I downloaded it as I would not have paid the current price.I havent read a historical romance in probably 30 thirty years, or so. Just not where my interests lie. I took a chance on this one while I was downloading free book en masse in the U.S. I live overseas and Amazon tacks on delivery fees to stuff you buy when you are out of the country.So with all of that preamble I must say, I loved this book.The characters are well drawn charismatic people that you quickly come to care about.THe dialogue is just a little stilted, but I think that's gonna happen in a book of this genre.The action and pacing is on par with the length, so you never get bored reading it.And finally the narrative is first rate.The story itself is classic romance fare. Wounded soldier comes home under a cloud to claim the bride he left three years earlier. TIme has gone by and now someone wants her dead. Is it the mother who is impatient with her not producing an heir, the cousin who has eyes for the absent soldier's wife, a jilted former mistress???? A nice little mystery wrapped up in this love story.I would rate the author as a master of the Romance Novel craft and would definitely read more of her material.