Review: Wonderful Tale of Turbulent Times and Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2012
King Louis XVIth was forced to take Aimee to court and pretend to bring her up as a princess to appease an angry mob. In reality, she works as their seamstress and plays dress-up-princess when required to make an appearance. As the political situation grows worse, she is sent to England to wed the cousin of King George in an effort to establish peace between the two countries, but all she wants is to find her family.Ian wants to clear his father's name and regain his ancestral home after a huge scandal involving his now deceased father. After his properties were seized, Ian has been working as the secretary of the cousin of the king for six years. He follows his instructions to the letter in order to pay off the family debt and regain his home. When he is sent to France to fetch the Duke's bride, however, everything begins to change, including his heart.I noticed only a very few mistakes in the writing. Here are examples: "...answering she and Madame's prayers," and "Two days later, Aimee and stood beside Ian...."This is a wonderful tale of turbulent times and romance. It is interesting and clean, although the Christian parts did not seem to be an integral part of the book, but rather tacked on. Ian appears to have the stronger faith of the two, but even his faith often seems an afterthought.Neither did the novel transport me back to the time of pre-revolution France. There were not enough details about the way of life, and Ian and Aimee were sent off alone too much. Still, the story itself was interesting, and I liked the characters and romance. I would certainly read more by this author.