Review: Classically lovely! A wonderful suspenseful romance :)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 15, 2013
Swallowing back the lump in my throat! This story is beautifully written in the classically sweet style of historical romance, fused with enough tension and sensuality to satisfy any lover of romance.Annabel is an heiress whose life is in danger, and she has no choice but to put her trust in the handsome and mysterious dark knight assigned to protect her.Nicholas is the hardened knight ordered to protect the beautiful heiress - a royal favorite - but his orders to protect her also come with another, darker motive. But love gets in the way of Nicholas' mission when his hardened warrior's heart begins to weaken with every day spent in the company of the beautiful, gentle-hearted Annabel.I was drawn to these two characters, to the enigmatic knight, and I felt much sympathy for the heroine, knowing that her plight was about to get worse. The writer drew me into the couple's medieval world through sights and smells (I could smell the pig fat burning from the fire that the hero rescues Annabel from) with the way she weaves in tantalizing description. Ex: He did his best to scrub at her hair as its thick mass swirled about them, tangling around him like a vine.In this scene, Nicholas is cold and barefoot on sharp rocks, in an icy river, holding the heroine in his arms, trying to rouse her and clean her up after rescuing her from a suspicious fire. Who couldn't love a man like this?? Miss Holt possesses the perfect voice for this genre, and I look forward to reading all of her books.