Review: The great strength of the book's heroine is her character and her willingness to take risks
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2012
This is a terrifically erotic love and liberation story. I won't repeat what it is all about since this is well explained in the book description. What impressed me most was the very credible portrayal of Jane Sewell, the book's young and inexperienced protagonist - inexperienced politically and sexually. She is thrown into the midst of the conflict between the English and Scottish people. It doesn't take long and she asks herself questions about right and wrong. The answers are not too hard to find, but Jane's decisions and the consequences resulting from her decisions are what makes this book such a terrific read. The great strength of the book's heroine is her character and her willingness to take risks by doing what she thinks is right. You can't help but admire Jane, perhaps even fall in love with her. She is growing up on the pages in front of you and she is doing that in a hurry.The book is well written. I enjoyed the language of the conversations which transported me straight into the time in which the events take place. This is how an interesting and believable historical romance novel is meant to be written.It is the author Veronica Bale's debut novel, the first volume of a trilogy. I am sure many of her readers wait for volume two. I certainly do. I highly recommend this book. Reviewed by Fred Schäfer, author of Travelling with Maria.