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A Love So Splendid
SHE FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM
Trinity Kingston believes in the American Revolution despite its terrible price. Now with her father imprisoned and their magnificent South Carolina plantation seized by the British, Trinity wants nothing to do with Lord William Remington, the arrogant English aristocrat who is her betrothed.
HE WON HER LOVE
William was eleven and Trinity four when their fathers joined their fortunes by promising them in wedlock. Now with the redcoats occupying Charleston, William comes to claim his family's holdings--and Trinity.
Against a world torn by war, William and Trinity are swept up in a dangerous passion that will challenge their honor, brand their flesh, and force them to choose between loyalty and... a love so splendid.
Trinity Kingston believes in the American Revolution despite its terrible price. Now with her father imprisoned and their magnificent South Carolina plantation seized by the British, Trinity wants nothing to do with Lord William Remington, the arrogant English aristocrat who is her betrothed.
HE WON HER LOVE
William was eleven and Trinity four when their fathers joined their fortunes by promising them in wedlock. Now with the redcoats occupying Charleston, William comes to claim his family's holdings--and Trinity.
Against a world torn by war, William and Trinity are swept up in a dangerous passion that will challenge their honor, brand their flesh, and force them to choose between loyalty and... a love so splendid.
- GenresRomance
383 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1997
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November 11, 2022
I enjoyed this book. It was fast reading, but told enough detail to give a good picture of the historic background (the later years of the Revolutionary War) as well as the characters in the story. This didn't just apply to the H and H, Lord William Remington and Trinity Kingston, (on opposite sides of the war, with his Tory family obligations and her patriotic dedication). There's also her widowed father, Eldon (jailed for his Whig political activities in British occupied South Carolina), and William's family: his father, Lord Adrian (who takes the expression "my way or the highway" to the extreme), his mother, Victoria (too long oppressed and declaring her own independence), his brother Stephen, made to take a bit of a back seat to his brother the heir, and his sister, Adrianna (being groomed to make a proper titled match), in love with Trinity's cousin, Geoffrey (a dedicated Son of Liberty, whom Trinity helps whenever she can). Each gets their turn in the spotlight.
The story holds your interest, without going over the top with impossible situations, too much love/hate arguments, or rivals causing trouble. It was a bit silly to have William and Trinity actually married when they were only children (though it's a name only marriage until Trinity's 21) only to have Adrian insist it be annulled so William can make a titled alliance, once the countries were at war.
Trinity does some work for the Patriot cause (like being a courier of important messages and hiding wounded sons of Liberty in the family vault after they took part in the bombing of a British supply ship), but Ms. Ladd doesn't go overboard with this, and make her a notorious spy with a fancy code name, or some such nonsense. She also doesn't waste time by having Trinity and William at odds for most of the novel, they admit their feelings halfway through, and it's their love story after that.
There's a sequel to this one, that I intend to check out.
The story holds your interest, without going over the top with impossible situations, too much love/hate arguments, or rivals causing trouble. It was a bit silly to have William and Trinity actually married when they were only children (though it's a name only marriage until Trinity's 21) only to have Adrian insist it be annulled so William can make a titled alliance, once the countries were at war.
Trinity does some work for the Patriot cause (like being a courier of important messages and hiding wounded sons of Liberty in the family vault after they took part in the bombing of a British supply ship), but Ms. Ladd doesn't go overboard with this, and make her a notorious spy with a fancy code name, or some such nonsense. She also doesn't waste time by having Trinity and William at odds for most of the novel, they admit their feelings halfway through, and it's their love story after that.
There's a sequel to this one, that I intend to check out.
September 5, 2014
a good love story. It incorporates the history of the war between England and the Americans and the battle for independence. Fast moving never boring but predictable..
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