Date read: 11th October 2025
My rating: 5*Genre I reckon: English Civil War, Historical Romance (m/f)
Buy link: Amazon
Wow! This book is EPIC!
The amount of research which has clearly gone into this book is staggering. Yet it never labours the point or bombards you with irrelevant detail. It's always exactly what the story needs.
And this story demands a lot. I will say it's a very slow burn. There is a monumental build-up of drip-feeding. But it's all required and adds to the plot.
Writing about England during the Civil War is no mean feat. This author gives colour and understanding like no history teacher ever did. The roundheads and the cavaliers all leap of the page, brandishing weapons both political and martial.
The sights, the smells and sounds are all there, transporting you into that tumultuous world.
And through it all, amidst the smoke of gunpowder, saunters a dark Italian figure who makes one's heart race. Oh, he's devious and dangerous. The ultimate bad boy. Who can resist an Italian? But who's side is he truly on? Are his motives as pure as he'd have you believe with his honeyed words and hypnotic looks?
Kate must look after her family whilst playing the dutiful daughter and weaving her own way through dangerous times.
Treachery and villainy are all about. People switch allegiances. And it's nigh impossible to tell friend from foe.
So, clear some time and plough through this tome. You will get more adventure, excitement and even knowledge that you didn't know you needed.
A clever, intriguing, insightful romantic tale of deception and vengeance.
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