Review: Another winner from a talented author
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2013
Lindsay Townsend's novella Mistress Angel is another winner for me. The rich tapestry of medieval detail hooked me into the romance, and I wanted the story to keep going and going.Heroine Isabella is living a life of misery in her late husband's family. A former child-bride, she'd failed to end the feuding between two powerful families and endured a marriage filled with physical abuse. Now her relatives have abducted her son and will only allow her to see him if she agrees to become the mistress of a man of their chosing.Leading man Stephen, an armorer and a single parent to a young daughter, is captivated by Isabella, catching her when she falls from her gilded cage into the street. Pleased by Isabella's swift conquest, her relatives then demand she set her sights on someone else of higher rank.Stephen rescues Isabella, learns the sordid story, and they journey to save her son. A final showdown pits her goldsmith relatives against the armorers, with Stephen winning the day, the girl, and his own happily ever after.I enjoyed the rich characterization of Isabella's friend Amice. She brought another dimension to the story and I hope at some point the author will tell us Amice's story.