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Feb 04, 2015 Eileen Dandashi rated it it was amazing

My Thoughts: This was the first book I’ve read of Suzan Tisdale and it won’t be my last. The second of the series, Frederick’s Queen, is also available.

She has a bard’s talent effortlessly beguiling the reader through its telling. The novel was long, engagingly so, enabling me to really get to know each of the characters’ flaws, strengths and conflicting circumstances.

Lady Arline’s plight was one that women world-wide would never care to find themselves in. She was a lady who felt she must do t My Thoughts: This was the first book I’ve read of Suzan Tisdale and it won’t be my last. The second of the series, Frederick’s Queen, is also available.

She has a bard’s talent effortlessly beguiling the reader through its telling. The novel was long, engagingly so, enabling me to really get to know each of the characters’ flaws, strengths and conflicting circumstances.

Lady Arline’s plight was one that women world-wide would never care to find themselves in. She was a lady who felt she must do the right thing. Many of her years were met doing the right thing, but perhaps life doesn’t allow us to see what is entailed with doing the right thing and then we also might ask, right for whom. Plenty of story to ponder this thought.

Lady Arline was a strong woman, having a heart of gold. She suffered much at the hands of Laird Blackthorn, her husband. She didn’t worry about her own physical well-being, when her honor and doing the right thing made her step forward to save a young child from almost certain death, death brought on by the cruelty of her husband.

Eventually, Lady Arline realizes she’s a pawn in a man’s world where few, if any, are concerned about her needs. She suffered much to arrive to this point. This woman is made of grand stuff.
I am sure you will fall in love with the hero of the story, Rowan Graham, who loves his daughter, Lily, more than life, living a chastise life since his wife’s death some four year’s previous. You will feel his struggle as he begins to overcome his loneliness while struggling with the guilt of not being faithful to his lovely departed wife, Kate.

This story also points out vividly we shouldn’t assume we know something when we truly don’t know the detail of events. Society is quick to ridicule, stereotype and whenever possible, grind unfortunates into dust.

No more need be said, read the book and if you get the chance to hear it in audiobook, Brad Wills does the narration and his production work is superb.

I recommend this book. If you want to read Rowan’s Lady with some other amazing authors, there are a couple of bundles out where Ms. Tisdale’s Rowan’s Lady is included. As of this post, Amazon has the Lairds, Lords & Lovers: 10 full-length novels from the Queens of Medieval Romance for $1.99 and Border Brotherhood: Medieval Heroes of England and Scotland only $.99! ...more

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Sep 30, 2015 Sandra Standefer rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Wonderful story

What a wonderful story. From the moment I picked up the book I could not wait to finish! It made me laugh and cry. I fell in love with Rowan and Arline from the start and you will to. I definitely recommend !

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