This is
a wonderful love story! If you like a well-written historical romance that will
put you into the time of America's Revolutionary War, this is a good one! It
spans the years 1773-1780, as Laviolette takes us deep into what happened in
South Carolina during that time. I love a romance with rich historical detail
and real (as well as fictional) characters, especially when combined with a
dashing hero and a strong, independent heroine--and I was not disappointed in
this one.
As the
story opens, it's 1773 and the Colonies are on the brink of war with England.
"Loyalists" and "Rebels" are beginning to square off
against each other in South Carolina. Today we think of the war as between
England and the young American nation, but it wasn't so clear then. People
loyal to the Crown who considered themselves Americans lived next door to those
"rebels" who considered themselves patriots. Sometimes this occurred
even in the same family.
Liliana
("Lily") Dunmore considered herself a patriot (while her family
purportedly was Loyalist) until she met Lieutenant Bennett Davenport, a British
Naval officer who happened to be in her home of Charles Town. Though Bennett is
wildly attracted to the beautiful and tempestuous Lily Dunmore (who is crazy
about him), he expects to inherit a title as a Baronet and knows he cannot
marry a commoner, especially a Colonial. The war will tear their budding love
asunder and years will pass before they are brought together, but what a sweet
ending.
I
highly recommend this one and think you will like it, too!
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