Review: How many wives are needed to restore the Hollier family title and fortune?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2013
MistressBelle Purfoy is a young widow and mother during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Since Queen Elizabeth learns of a plot to put her Cathollc step-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, on England's throne, Elizabeth is trying to force the loyalty of any old Catholic families to her Protestant rule. When younger brother, Sir Christopher Hollier comes to Queen Elizabeth's court to have his family's ancient title restored to his badly crippled, elder brother, the Queen sees a way to bind another Catholic lord's family to her side in the royal power struggle. She agrees to restore their family title to the elder Hollier brother, but only if he swears allegiance to her Protestant rule and agrees to marry the young Protestant widow, Mistress Belle Purfoy. There are many hidden complications and love triangles that stand in the way of what should be a simple marriage ceremony to restore the old Hollier family title. This is quite an interesting histortical romance with even the ghost of a mysterious lady in white at the Hollier family estate who tries to lure other young women to their untimely death as was once done to her centuries before. Will the Queen have the marriage as she ordered, will Nick Hollier survive to live with his old lover, Cecily, and will Belle ever become a wife again and live happily at last.