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My Thoughts

I now Johanna Lindsey is one the biggest authors in the romance genre, but I never had the opportunity to read or listen to any of her novels, until now.

When I saw average and some low ratings for the printed book I almost didn’t buy it, but I decided to take a chance with the audiobook, and I’m glad I did because it definitely paid off. This was a truly entertaining historical romance with enough suspenseful twist and turns, action, witty dialogue and a big dose of intrigue that keeps you interested throughout the whole book.

Unable to kill Alana as a baby as he was hired to do, Poppie (Alana’s uncle) has raised her in England with the best  education including the best fighting’s skills. Alana is a beautiful young lady with no worries in the world, until she’s informed of her true identity, and now she must go back to her country to prevent a civil war, but when she returns to Lubina, she’s suspected of being an impostor or a hired assassin and is imprisoned by Count Christoph Becker, captain of the Royal Guard. Christoph can’t believe Alana is the real princess, but the vigorous Alana has definitely gotten his attention.

Christoph and Alana are very likable-well developed characters; their romance develops under very poor circumstances, but when their passion flares it makes all the more interesting, and their sizzling chemistry is at its best.

The only minor complaint I have is that ending felt rushed, and a little anticlimactic, but I definitely recommend it to all historical romance fans that have never read Ms. Lindsey’s novels  before, and I say this because in  all the reviews I’ve read  about this book it seems it has been  perceived as not one of her best efforts, so the way I see it, it can only get better from here.

I just love the way Rosalyn Landor brings these novels to life; she’s a master at delivering the witty dialogue and making you experience the drama, and in this case the suspense in a very authentic manner, I truly enjoy her performances. I know, I know, her males voices sometimes are not the best…. Frankly, her male characters could use a deeper tone, but I will always give her a pass because  her approach and timing are always flawless, she truly takes you away to this time in history, not to mention how the sensuality of these novels is always fully conveyed.
This is another case when a narrator’s interpretation takes a book to a higher level.

The Author

Johanna Lindsay

Voices behind the books
Rosalyn Landor