The Beloved One
A captain in His Majesty's Army, Lord Charles Adair de Montforte has been sent to serve in the American colonies. After being wounded in battle, he awakens to find himself in the tender care of Amy Leighton, a local lass who is trapped in a life of drudgery. Charles's heart is moved by her...
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A captain in His Majesty's Army, Lord Charles Adair de Montforte has been sent to serve in the American colonies. After being wounded in battle, he awakens to find himself in the tender care of Amy Leighton, a local lass who is trapped in a life of drudgery. Charles's heart is moved by her plight, but he is duty bound to his King and promised to another. Then fate takes a hand...
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380792634 (038079263X)
ASIN: 038079263X
Publish date: November 1st 1998
Publisher: Avon Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: The de Montforte Brothers (#2)
This is my second attempt at the de Montforte brothers and still, I walked away very disappointed. But it has nothing to do with the quality of writing or the book itself. It's just not my cup of tea. In the first book, I did not like Juliet Paige, the heroine. In this book, I like both Amy and Char...
Overall a 3.5 I love this setting, it starts in 1775 Boston area. I am always happy to find historical romance from this time. And I like when it combines the American setting with the English setting in one book. Everything was lush, the area, the people, the bits of battle we got.The heroine is ha...
I liked this one a degree better than The Wild One though I found the dialogue stunted and unbelievable at times. In many instances, the dialogue sounded like exposition. People don't really draw their fists to their forehead, or knuckle their eyes. The melodrama quality of the writing set me outsid...
3.5 starsI was eagerly anticipating this story after reading the cliffhanger in its prequel "The Wild One."At the Battle of Concord, Lord Charles de Monforte (The Beloved One) was about to kill a minuteman when he realized his target was a mere boy. He jerked his pistol away, which caused him to los...